Experimental set up for in situ transmission electron microscopy observations of chemical processes

Micron

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1147-1155

  Sharma, Renu ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Catalysis; Environmental (scanning) transmission electron microscope (E(S)TEM); In situ TEM; Nanotubes; Nanowires

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CHANGE; CHEMICAL PROCESS; DYNAMIC MEASUREMENT; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; EX SITU; EXPERIMENTAL SETUP; GAS IMPURITIES; GASEOUS ENVIRONMENTS; IDENTICAL CONDITIONS; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; IN-SITU TEM; IN-SITU TRANSMISSION; NANOSCALE CHARACTERIZATION; REACTION PROCESS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY TEM; UNDESIRABLE EFFECTS;

CATALYSIS; EXPERIMENTS; IN SITU PROCESSING; NANOTUBES; NANOWIRES;

TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84864806555     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2012.01.007     Document Type: Article

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