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of novel approaches toward modeling supported metal nanoparticles using semiempi-
rical and ultimately ab initio approaches. We will not be able to claim that we under-
stand PSEs until we are able to predict them. This is important both for the formulation
of the fundamentals of electrocatalysis as scientific discipline and for the development
of low cost energy-efficient fuel cells.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We would like to express our gratitude to all the collaborators who have contributed to the work
described in this chapter. We are also indebted to M. T. M. Koper for a thorough reading of the
manuscript and for suggesting a number of improvements. The authors gratefully acknowledge
the financial support received from the ANR (in the framework of “Chaire d'Excellence” (E.S.)
and the Carbocell and MDM projects (F.M.)), RFBR, DFG, and BMBF.

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