Nanoscale chemical imaging of a working catalyst by scanning transmission X-ray microscopy

Nature

Volumn 456, Issue 7219, 2008, Pages 222-225

  De Smit, Emiel ^a   Swart, Ingmar ^a   Creemer, J Fredrik ^b   Hoveling, Gerard H ^b   Gilles, Mary K ^c   Tyliszczak, Tolek ^c   Kooyman, Patricia J ^b   Zandbergen, Henny W ^d   Morin, Cynthia ^a   Weckhuysen, Bert M ^a   De Groot, Frank M F ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; IRON DERIVATIVE;

CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; IMAGING METHOD; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; IRON; PROBE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; GAS; LIQUID; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NANOANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLID; X RAY;

EID: 56249086460     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature07516     Document Type: Article

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