Sabatier principle / volcano plots

Layer 2 — Chemistryin the catalysis subtree

Sabatier 1911: optimal-catalyst binds reactant moderately — too-weak = no activation, too-strong = poisoning. Volcano-plot of activity vs binding-energy. Foundational rationalisation. Modern DFT-volcano-plots.

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