Nature Communications (Dec 2016)

Interrogation of bimetallic particle oxidation in three dimensions at the nanoscale

  • Lili Han,
  • Qingping Meng,
  • Deli Wang,
  • Yimei Zhu,
  • Jie Wang,
  • Xiwen Du,
  • Eric A. Stach,
  • Huolin L. Xin

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13335
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Understanding bimetallic alloy oxidation is key to design of hollow-structured binary oxides and their optimization for applications, e.g., as catalysts. Here the authors combine real-time imaging and chemically-sensitive electron tomography to uncover unexpected complexity in possible morphological outcomes of bimetallic oxidation.