In situ transmission electron microscopic investigations of reduction-oxidation reactions during densification of nickel nanoparticles

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 27, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 2431-2440

  Matsuno, Misa ^a   Bonifacio, Cecile S ^a   Rufner, Jorgen F ^a   Thron, Andrew M ^a   Holland, Troy B ^a   Mukherjee, Amiya K ^a   Van Benthem, Klaus ^a  

^a University of California Davis   (United States)

Author keywords

sintering; surface reaction; transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE POWDER; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; GRAIN-BOUNDARY DIFFUSION; IN-SITU TRANSMISSION; IN-SITU TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPIES; NICKEL NANOPARTICLES; REDUCTION TEMPERATURES; REDUCTION-OXIDATION;

CARBON; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; IN SITU PROCESSING; NANOPARTICLES; NICKEL; SURFACE REACTIONS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

SINTERING;

EID: 84865845393     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2012.256     Document Type: Article

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