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As it will be seen, this computational combination arises as a very adequate strategy for the study of the reaction mechanisms on transition metal surfaces under well-controlled conditions and allows separating the influence of different parameters, e.g., catalyst surface morphology and coverage, influence of co-adsorbates, among others, in the global catalytic processes. In fact, the computational studies can now compete with research employing modern experimental techniques since very efficient parallel computer codes and powerful computers enable the investigation of more realistic molecular systems in terms of size and composition and to explore the complexity of the potential energy surfaces connecting reactants, to intermediates, to products of reaction. In the case of the Fischer-Tropsch process, the calculations were used to complement experimental work and to clarify the reaction mechanisms on different catalyst models, as well as the influence of additional components and co-adsorbate species in catalyst activity and selectivity.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/catal5010003","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2015,1,9]],"date-time":"2015-01-09T09:49:04Z","timestamp":1420796944000},"page":"3-17","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":23,"title":["Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis on Multicomponent Catalysts: What Can We Learn from Computer Simulations?"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"5","author":[{"given":"Jos\u00e9","family":"Faj\u00edn","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"REQUIMTE, Departamento de Qu\u00edmica e Bioqu\u00edmica, Faculdade de Ci\u00eancias,  Universidade do Porto, P-4169-007 Porto, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3375-8670","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"M.","family":"Cordeiro","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"REQUIMTE, Departamento de Qu\u00edmica e Bioqu\u00edmica, Faculdade de Ci\u00eancias,  Universidade do Porto, P-4169-007 Porto, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Jos\u00e9","family":"Gomes","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"CICECO, Departamento de Qu\u00edmica, Universidade de Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2015,1,9]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"97","article-title":"Synthesis of petroleum at atmospheric pressures from gasification products of coal","volume":"7","author":"Fischer","year":"1926","journal-title":"Brennst. 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