The phrase "served as catalysts" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to describe something that sparked or triggered a change or reaction in a situation. Example: The economic policies implemented by the new government served as catalysts for a surge in job creation and business growth.
Yet while wars and other national crises have served as catalysts to unite a diverse population, they have also incited some of the worst incidents of repression against minorities the public associated with the enemy.
They also observed that when these mixtures served as catalysts for an aldol reaction, the resulting products had an enhanced ratio of one enantiomer over the other that varied with the chiral ratios of the amino-acid mixtures.
Thus, we conclude that the ZnO NW arrays served as catalysts during the photodegradation process.
The Au thin films, which served as catalysts, were not deformed or delaminated during the etching process.
Entrepreneurship is at the heart of sustainable, organic growth for most developed, as well as transitioning and developing economies and incubators have often served as catalysts and even accelerators of entrepreneurial clusters formation and growth.
Pt tetrahexahedral (Pt-THH) nanocrystals enclosed with 24 {h k 0} facets, Pt nanothorns (Pt-Thorn) with a high surface density of atomic steps, and congeries of Pt nanoparticles (Pt-NP) were prepared and served as catalysts to study the electrocatalytic reduction of both adsorbed and solution nitric oxide.
Therefore, in this paper, we prepared a series of vanadium-based dehydrogenation catalysts where pseudo-boehmite served as catalyst supports.
Fungal laccase, potassium octocyanomolibdate (4 + ) and atmospheric oxygen served as catalyst, redox-mediator and terminal oxidant, respectively.
The vermiculite, which was 100 300 μm in diameter and merely 50 100 μm thick, served as catalyst carrier.
A platinum/ceria catalyst was applied for water gas shift, while platinum on zeolite/alumina carrier served as catalyst for preferential oxidation.
The blogs themselves also serve as catalysts for others.
