Understanding atom probe tomography of oxide-supported metal nanoparticles by correlation with atomic-resolution electron microscopy and field evaporation simulation

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1361-1367

  Devaraj, Arun ^a   Colby, Robert ^a   Vurpillot, François ^b   Thevuthasan, Suntharampillai ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ ET INSA DE ROUEN   (France)

Author keywords

atom probe tomography; catalysis; field evaporation; scanning transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CATALYST SELECTIVITY; GOLD; MAGNESIA; METAL NANOPARTICLES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ABERRATION-CORRECTED SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPIES; ATOM PROBE TOMOGRAPHY; ATOMIC-RESOLUTION ELECTRON MICROSCOPIES; FIELD EVAPORATION; FINITE-ELEMENT FIELDS; HETEROGENEOUS MATERIALS; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EVAPORATION;

EID: 84898940917     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz500259c     Document Type: Article

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