Environmental transmission electron microscopy for catalyst materials using a spherical aberration corrector

Ultramicroscopy

Volumn 151, Issue , 2015, Pages 178-190

  Takeda, Seiji ^a   Kuwauchi, Yasufumi ^a   Yoshida, Hideto ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Catalyst; Cs corrector; Environmental transmission electron microscopy; Gold; Nanoparticle; Platinum; Quantification

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; ASPHERICS; ATOMS; CATALYSTS; CESIUM; ELECTRON IRRADIATION; ELECTRONS; GOLD; NANOPARTICLES; PLATINUM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CS CORRECTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; OBSERVATION CONDITION; OXIDATION AND REDUCTION; QUANTIFICATION; SPHERICAL ABERRATION CORRECTORS; STRUCTURAL INFORMATION;

CATALYST ACTIVITY;

CESIUM; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; PLATINUM NANOPARTICLE;

ADSORPTION KINETICS; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CESIUM CORRECTOR; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON RADIATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENERAL DEVICE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84925534662     PISSN: 03043991     EISSN: 18792723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2014.11.017     Document Type: Article

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