Double oxide shell layer formed on a metal nanoparticle as revealed by aberration corrected (scanning) transmission electron microscopy

Materials Research Express

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Boyd, Robert D ^a   Pilch, I ^a   Garbrecht, M ^a   Halvarsson, M ^b   Helmersson, U ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Core shell; Corrected TEM; Nanoparticles; Oxide layer

Indexed keywords

COPPER; COPPER OXIDES; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SINGLE CRYSTALS;

ABERRATION-CORRECTED; COPPER NANOPARTICLES; CORE SHELL; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; HETEROGENEOUS NANOPARTICLES; HIGH-ANGLE ANNULAR DARK FIELD DETECTORS; INTENSITY VARIATIONS; OXIDE LAYER;

METAL NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 84934889686     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20531591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2053-1591/1/2/025016     Document Type: Article

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