Cationic surface reconstructions on cerium oxide nanocrystals: An aberration-corrected HRTEM study

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 421-430

  Bhatta, Umananda M ^a   Ross, Ian M ^a   Sayle, Thi X T ^b   Sayle, Dean C ^b   Parker, Stephen C ^c   Reid, David ^d   Seal, Sudipta ^d   Kumar, Amit ^d   Möbus, Günter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

atomic hopping; ceria; Madelung energy; nanoparticles; surface reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ATOM MIGRATION; ATOMIC HOPPING; ATOMIC LEVELS; CATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; CERIA NANOPARTICLES; CERIUM OXIDES; EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL SURFACES; HYDROTHERMALLY; IN-SITU; MADELUNG ENERGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; NANO SCALE; PHASE CONTRASTS; SPHERICAL ABERRATION CORRECTION; SURFACE EXPOSURE; SURFACE OXYGEN; VISUAL REPRESENTATIONS;

ATOMS; BINDING ENERGY; CERIUM; CERIUM COMPOUNDS; ELECTRON BEAMS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR OXYGEN; NANOPARTICLES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

SURFACE RECONSTRUCTION;

CATION; CERIC OXIDE; CERIUM; NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CHEMISTRY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ARTIFACTS; CATIONS; CERIUM; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84856170504     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn2037576     Document Type: Article

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