Complex structural dynamics of nanocatalysts revealed in Operando conditions by correlated imaging and spectroscopy probes

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Li, Y ^a   Zakharov, D ^b   Zhao, S ^b,c   Tappero, R ^b   Jung, U ^c   Elsen, A ^c   Baumann, Ph ^a   Nuzzo, R G ^c,d   Stach, E A ^b   Frenkel, A I ^a  

^a YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLATINUM;

CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION; IMAGING METHOD; PROBE; REACTION KINETICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; GAS ANALYSIS; HYDROGENATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NANOCATALYST; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84934284645     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8583     Document Type: Article

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