Novel MEMS-based gas-cell/heating specimen holder provides advanced imaging capabilities for in situ reaction studies

Microscopy and Microanalysis

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 656-666

  Allard, Lawrence F ^a   Overbury, Steven H ^a   Bigelow, Wilbur C ^b   Katz, Michael B ^b   Nackashi, David P ^c   Damiano, John ^c  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c Protochips Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

catalysts; electron microscopy; gas cell; gas reaction; high resolution; in situ; MEMS

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864756358     PISSN: 14319276     EISSN: 14358115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1431927612001249     Document Type: Conference Paper

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