Picometre-precision analysis of scanning transmission electron microscopy images of platinum nanocatalysts

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Yankovich, Andrew B ^a   Berkels, Benjamin ^b,c   Dahmen, W ^b,c   Binev, P ^b   Sanchez, S I ^d   Bradley, S A ^d   Li, Ao ^a   Szlufarska, Izabela ^a   Voyles, Paul M ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UOP LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOPARTICLE; PLATINUM; SILICON DIOXIDE;

CATALYSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PLATINUM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; ATOM; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON BEAM; HIGH ANGLE ANNULAR DARK FIELD; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING AND DISPLAY; NANOCATALYST; NON RIGID REGISTRATION; PHONON; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 84902352354     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5155     Document Type: Article

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