Nanopores in hematite (α-Fe2O3) nanocrystals observed by electron tomography

American Mineralogist

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 154-162

  Echigo, Takuya ^a,b,d   Monsegue, Niven ^a,c   Aruguete, Deborah M ^a,e   Murayama, Mitsuhiro ^a,c   Hochella, Michael F ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JAPAN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

^e USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron tomography; Hematite; Iron oxide nanoparticle; Kirkendall effect; Nanopore; Scanning transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DISSOLUTION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRONS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; HEMATITE; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOPORES;

ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; HAEMATITE; HIGH-ANGLE ANNULAR DARK FIELDS; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; IRON OXIDE NANOPARTICLE; KIRKENDALL EFFECTS; NANO-SCALE PORES; REACTIVE SITE; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRUCTURAL FEATURE;

SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DISSOLUTION; GRAIN BOUNDARY; HEMATITE; IRON OXIDE; TOMOGRAPHY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84872051734     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: 19453027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2013.4120     Document Type: Article

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