Three-dimensional nanoparticle distribution and local curvature of heterogeneous catalysts revealed by electron tomography

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 111, Issue 31, 2007, Pages 11501-11505

  Ward, Edmund P W ^a   Yates, Timothy J V ^a   Fernández, José Jesús ^b,c   Vaughan, David E W ^d   Midgley, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^c MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIMETALS; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICA; SINTERING;

BIMETALLIC NANOPARTICLES; MESOPOROUS SILICAS; PARTICLE SUPPORT INTERACTION;

CATALYST ACTIVITY;

EID: 34548036979     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp072441b     Document Type: Article

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