Using electron beams to investigate catalytic materials

Comptes Rendus Physique

Volumn 15, Issue 2-3, 2014, Pages 258-268

  Zhang, Bingsen ^a   Su, Dang Sheng ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF METAL RESEARCH   (China)

^b FRITZ HABER INSTITUT DER MAX PLANCK GESELLSCHAFT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Catalyst; Chemical composition; Dynamic process; Electron microscopy; Particle shape; Surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897634664     PISSN: 16310705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crhy.2013.11.001     Document Type: Short Survey

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