Probing the electronic and catalytic properties of a bimetallic surface with 3nm resolution

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 132-136

  Zhong, Jin Hui ^a   Jin, Xi ^a   Meng, Lingyan ^b   Wang, Xiang ^a   Su, Hai Sheng ^a   Yang, Zhi Lin ^b   Williams, Christopher T ^c   Ren, Bin ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c The Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; CATALYSIS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CYANIDES; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; GOLD ALLOYS; PALLADIUM ALLOYS; PLASMONICS; PLASMONS; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY;

BIMETALLIC CATALYSTS; CATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; CATALYTIC PROPERTIES; ELECTROCHEMICAL ENVIRONMENTS; ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERING; HETEROGENEOUS CATALYST; STRUCTURAL COMPLEXITY; TIP-ENHANCED RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

PALLADIUM;

GOLD;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETISM; ELECTRONICS; MINIATURIZATION; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 85008707894     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2016.241     Document Type: Article

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