The ability of these materials to isolate “aristocratic atoms” is essential to the function of SACs (“S-A-C’s”). Khoobiar reported that a material serving this role formed a non-stoichiometric (“non-STOY-kee-oh-metric”) blue compound in the first documented case of spillover. Incipient wetness is a method of impregnating these materials that relies on surface tension to achieve high dispersion. These materials may be immersed in cyanide to transform expensive clusters into single atoms. Though theoretically inert, acidic examples of these materials can stabilize preferred oxidation states and greatly increase the surface area available for adsorption (“ADD-sorption”). Palladium is often placed “on” examples of these materials like alumina, carbon, or calcium carbonate. For 10 points, name these materials that mount the active metal in many solid heterogeneous catalysts. ■END■
ANSWER: catalyst supports [or supported catalysts; accept carriers or solid supports; prompt on heterogeneous catalysts or single-atom catalysts until “catalysts” is read; prompt on substrates; reject “zeolites” or “MOFs” or “metal-organic frameworks”]
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