Nature Communications (Aug 2018)

Comparison of atomic scale dynamics for the middle and late transition metal nanocatalysts

  • Kecheng Cao,
  • Thilo Zoberbier,
  • Johannes Biskupek,
  • Akos Botos,
  • Robert L. McSweeney,
  • Abdullah Kurtoglu,
  • Craig T. Stoppiello,
  • Alexander V. Markevich,
  • Elena Besley,
  • Thomas W. Chamberlain,
  • Ute Kaiser,
  • Andrei N. Khlobystov

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05831-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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The atomistic behaviour of nanocatalysts still remains largely unknown. Here, the authors reveal and explore reactions of nm-sized clusters of 14 technologically important metals in carbon nano test tubes using time-series imaging by atomically-resolved transmission electron microscopy.