Transmission Electron Microscopy as indispensable tool for imaging and chemical characterization of heterogeneous catalysts

• Authors: L. Kępiński
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) and its mutation Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy (STEM) is one of the most important methods providing unique information on structure and chemistry of solid catalysts at length scale down to level. The principal reason is its high spatial resolution (below 0.1 nm) but also universality, i.e., ability of observation of both images and diffraction patterns of individual nanometer size objects. Recent advances in TEM in particular application of image and beam correctors, possibility of studying specimens at non vacuum conditions (environmental TEM) and possibility of dynamic (time resolved) studies even further broadened the applicability of the method in catalysis.

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej
• Journal: Annales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Skłodowska, sectio AA – Chemia
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 65
• Pages: 9-19

Dates

published

1 - 1 - 2010

online

28 - 1 - 2011

Contributors

author

L. Kępiński

• Division of Nanomaterials Chemistry and Catalysis, Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Okólna 2, 50-412 Wrocław, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10063-010-0002-6