Using synchrotron anomalous X-ray diffraction, we studied the structure of bimetallic Pt-Re catalysts with Si02 as a support. Our results reveal the presence of Re with a face-centered cubic structure in these catalysts. We propose that this form of Re is grown on Pt by an epitaxial effect.
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Liang et al. (1991) studied this question.