Katalysoimina

Katalysoimina is a term used in some scholarly discussions of catalysis to refer to factors, substances, or conditions that influence catalytic reactions without acting as traditional catalysts themselves. It is a neologism rather than a widely adopted technical term, and its precise meaning varies between authors.

In these discussions, katalysoimina can denote a range of influences on catalytic systems. This includes modifiers of the catalytic environment, such as solvent properties, temperature, pressure, or reaction medium, which can alter rate constants or selectivity; surface or material features that change the properties of active sites, including dopants, defect sites, or support effects; and external stimuli or co-factors that alter catalyst behavior, such as light, electric fields, or mechanical stress. It may also encompass classes of substances that promote or inhibit catalysis in ways not captured by traditional definitions of catalysts or promoters.

The term is most often encountered in theoretical or interdisciplinary texts that explore non-traditional catalytic systems, cooperative catalysis, or dynamic catalysis, where activity depends on contextual conditions. Because katalysoimina is not standardized, its meaning should be clarified within any given work.

See also: Catalysis, promoters, co-catalysts, dynamic catalysis, surface science.