Gold is not so inert after all! X-ray absorption spectroscopy was used to probe the activation of O2 and its reaction with CO over an Au/Al2O3 catalyst. The catalytic activity of small gold particles in the oxidation of CO arises from their ability to transfer charge to oxygen (see picture).
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