Tensile strain of a solid surface can result in either strengthening or weakening of bonds with adsorbates. Adsorption energies of different adsorbate/site combinations may be shifted in different directions — a striking violation of the Brønsted–Evans–Polanyi relation.
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Weissmüller, J. Mechanochemistry breaks with expectations. Nat Catal 1, 238–239 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41929-018-0061-1
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