Toward atomically-precise synthesis of supported bimetallic nanoparticles using atomic layer deposition

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Lu, Junling ^a   Low, Ke Bin ^b   Lei, Yu ^c   Libera, Joseph A ^c   Nicholls, Alan ^b   Stair, Peter C ^c,d   Elam, Jeffrey W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; METAL NANOPARTICLE;

CATALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; METAL; NANOPARTICLE; PARTICLE SIZE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMOSTABILITY;

EID: 84902198054     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4264     Document Type: Article

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