TEM studies of zeolites and ordered mesoporous materials

Micron

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 512-527

  Diaz, Isabel ^a   Mayoral, Alvaro ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE CATÁLISIS Y PETROLEOQUÍMICA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Catalysts; Ordered mesoporous materials; Transmission electron microscopy (TEM); Zeolites

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; ELECTRON CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; FINE STRUCTURES; METAL NANOWIRE; ORDERED MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; ORDERED MESOPOROUS SILICAS; SENSITIVE MATERIALS; TEM;

CATALYSTS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELECTRONS; MATERIALS; NANOWIRES; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZEOLITES;

MESOPOROUS MATERIALS;

EID: 79952621051     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2010.12.005     Document Type: Review

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