The October edition of the prestigious journal Nature Catalysis published an article by a Swiss-Polish team of scientists who discovered a previously unknown mechanism of action of catalysts used to reduce harmful gases produced during combustion in car engines and in industrial processes.
The discovery may have groundbreaking significance for reducing the emission of harmful substances: nitrogen oxide (NO) and nitrous oxide (N₂O), and thus contribute to the protection of the environment and health.
The team's density functional theory (DFT) calculations were performed by Izabela Czekaj, PhD DSc, prof. of the Cracow University of Technology from the Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology. Prof. Czekaj used the supercomputing resources of ACC Cyfronet AGH made available as part of the PLGrid infrastructure.
We encourage you to read more about the project and the researchers in the announcement of
the Cracow University of Technology.
We would like to congratulate the entire team and wish them further groundbreaking successes!
