High Resolution TEM Studies On Palladium, Rhodium Nanoparticles

2001 ◽  
Vol 7 (S2) ◽  
pp. 1100-1101
Author(s):  
M. José-Yacamán ◽  
M. Marín-Almazo ◽  
J.A. Ascencio
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
High Resolution ◽  
Indirect Evidence ◽  
High Resolution Electron Microscopy ◽  
Dark Field ◽  
Rhodium Nanoparticles ◽  
Resolution Electron ◽  
Annular Dark Field ◽  
High Resolution Tem ◽  
Important Field

The field of catalysis is one of the most important areas of the nano-sciences for many years. in deed the goal of having a catalyst, with the maximum active area exposed to a chemical reaction, has produced enormous amount of research in nanoparticles. Particularly, the metal nanoparticles study is a very important field in catalysis. Electron Microscopy is one of the techniques that have played a mayor role on studding nanoparticles. Since bright field images, dark field techniques, to the high-resolution atomic images of nanoparticles and more recently the High Angle Annular dark field images or Z-contrast. However this technique provides only indirect evidence of the atomic arrangements on the particles. High Resolution Electron Microscopy (HREM) still appears as a very powerful technique to study nanoparticles and their internal structure. Among the most interesting metals to study is the palladium, which acts for instance as excellent catalyst for hydrogenation of unsaturated hydrocarbons and has many other applications such as environmental catalysts.

Characterization of Ultrathin Doping Layers in Semiconductors

1997 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 352-363 ◽  
Author(s):  
C.P. Liu ◽  
R.E. Dunin-Borkowski ◽  
C.B. Boothroyd ◽  
P.D. Brown ◽  
C.J. Humphreys
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
High Resolution ◽  
High Resolution Electron Microscopy ◽  
Dark Field ◽  
High Angle ◽  
Compositional Profile ◽  
Resolution Electron ◽  
Annular Dark Field ◽  
Contrast Analysis

Abstract: The compositional profile of a narrow layer of InAsxPl−x in InP has been determined using energy-filtered Fresnel contrast analysis, high-resolution electron microscopy (HREM), and high-angle annular dark-field (HAADF) imaging. The consistency of the results obtained using the three techniques is discussed, and conclusions are drawn both about the validity of interpreting the magnitude of Fresnel contrast data quantitatively and about the degree to which high-angle annular dark-field images of such materials are affected by inelastic scattering and strain.

The Effect of Substrates / Ligands on Metal Nanocatalysts Investigated By Quantitative Z-Contrast Imaging and High Resolution Electron Microscopy

2005 ◽  
Vol 876 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huiping Xu ◽  
Laurent Menard ◽  
Anatoly Frenkel ◽  
Ralph Nuzzo ◽  
Duane Johnson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
High Resolution ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
High Resolution Electron Microscopy ◽  
Dark Field ◽  
Contrast Imaging ◽  
Mixed Ligands ◽  
Resolution Electron ◽  
Annular Dark Field ◽  
Z Contrast

AbstractOur direct density function-based simulations of Ru-, Pt- and mixed Ru-Pt clusters on carbon-based supports reveal that substrates can mediate the PtRu5 particles [1]. Oblate structure of PtRu5 on C has been found [2]. Nevertheless, the cluster-substrate interface interactions are still unknown. In this work, we present the applications of combinations of quantitative z-contrast imaging and high resolution electron microscopy in investigating the effect of different substrates and ligand shells on metal particles. Specifically, we developed a relatively new and powerful method to determine numbers of atoms in a nanoparticle as well as three-dimensional structures of particles including size and shape of particles on the substrates by very high angle (~96mrad) annular dark-field (HAADF) imaging [2-4] techniques. Recently, we successfully synthesize icosahedra Au13 clusters with mixed ligands and cuboctahedral Au13 cores with thiol ligands, which have been shown by TEM to be of sub-nanometer size (0.84nm) and highly monodisperse narrow distribution. X-ray absorption and UV-visible spectra indicate many differences between icosahedra and cuboctahedral Au13 cores. Particles with different ligands show different emissions and higher quantum efficiency has been found in Au11 (PPH3) SC12)2C12. We plan to deposit those ligands-protected gold clusters onto different substrates, such as, TiO2 and graphite, etc. Aforementioned analysis procedure will be performed for those particles on the substrates and results will be correlated with that of our simulations and activity properties. This approach will lead to an understanding of the cluster-substrates relationship for consideration in real applications.

Characterization of Pd/V Multilayer Structures by High-Angle Annular Dark-Field Microscopy and High Resolution Tem

1991 ◽  
Vol 238 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Liu ◽  
Y. Cheng ◽  
G. D. Lewen ◽  
M. B. Stearns
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
High Resolution ◽  
High Resolution Electron Microscopy ◽  
Dark Field ◽  
Compositional Variation ◽  
High Angle ◽  
Dark Field Microscopy ◽  
Annular Dark Field ◽  
Chemical Modulation ◽  
Substrate Temperatures

ABSTRACTThe structures of e-beam evaporated Pd/V multilayer thin films, which were fabricated at different substrate temperatures, have been characterized by high-angle annular dark-field microscopy and high resolution electron microscopy techniques. X-ray scattering and crosssectional electron microscopy showed that both the Pd and V layers are composed of small textured crystallites with dominant orientations of Pd (111) and V (110). It is found that Pd/V multilayers with high chemical modulation can be fabricated at substrate temperatures around 350 K and at a deposition rate of 0.2 nm/s. Here high-angle annular dark-field microscopy has been shown to provide direct information about the compositional variation of the interlayers of these ML.

Unstained Biological Specimens in High Resolution Electron Microscopy

1974 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
pp. 234-235
Author(s):  
M. K. Lamvik ◽  
J. M. Pullman ◽  
A. V. Crewe
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
High Resolution ◽  
Heavy Atom ◽  
High Resolution Electron Microscopy ◽  
Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope ◽  
Dark Field ◽  
Structural Studies ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Resolution Electron ◽  
Scanning Transmission

Negative staining and high resolution shadowing have been extensively used for structural studies in electron microscopy. However, these techniques cover the specimen with a layer of heavy salt or metal, and hence do not allow determination of true mass distribution or localization of specific sites using heavy atom markers. A prerequisite for such structural studies is an examination of unstained specimens. For thin specimens dark field microscopy must be used to obtain adequate contrast. The scanning transmission electron microscope is preferred for such studies since elastic, energyloss, and unscattered electrons can be recorded and analyzed quantitatively to form images with a minimum of beam-induced damage.

Defect Structures in Al-Ni-Rh Crystalline Approximants Studied by HREM and HAADF Techniques

2007 ◽  
Vol 561-565 ◽  
pp. 1353-1356 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Sun ◽  
Y.H. Chen ◽  
J.P. Wang ◽  
Z. Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Structural Characteristics ◽  
Symmetry Plane ◽  
High Resolution Electron Microscopy ◽  
Dark Field ◽  
Structural Defects ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Resolution Electron ◽  
Scanning Transmission ◽  
Annular Dark Field

By means of a combination of high-resolution electron microscopy (HREM) and high-angle annular dark-field scanning transmission electron microscopy (HAADF-STEM) techniques, we have directly revealed that periodic arrangements in different manners for flattened hexagons constructed with atom columnar clusters can form two Al-Ni-Rh crystalline approximant phases. In contrast to periodic arrangements of flattened hexagons, configurations and distributions of various defects in these structurally-complicated alloy phases have been examined and their structural characteristics discussed. HREM observations clearly show that structural defects in Al-Ni-Rh crystalline approximants are of phason type and they are correlated with incorrect arrangements of atom columnar clusters. The distribution of high density planar defects can destroy the long-range periodicity in at least one direction in the pseudo decagonal symmetry plane. By means of the HAADF-STEM imaging technique, the existence of ill-formed atom columnar clusters in the core area of a linear defect, which is usually not visible in HREM observations, has been clearly revealed.

Origin of the superstructure elucidated by atomic resolution HAADF-STEM and HREM in the Ce10W22O81lanthanide tungstate phase

2018 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 344-350 ◽  
Author(s):  
Loïc Patout ◽  
Abdelali Hallaoui ◽  
Thomas Neisius ◽  
Andrea P. C. Campos ◽  
Christian Dominici ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
High Resolution Electron Microscopy ◽  
Dark Field ◽  
Atomic Resolution ◽  
Orthorhombic Unit Cell ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
New Information ◽  
Resolution Electron ◽  
Scanning Transmission ◽  
Annular Dark Field

The present paper provides new information on the attribution of the cationic sites of the orthorhombic Ce10W22O81crystal phase prepared in the CeO2–Ce2O3–WO3ternary system. Atomic resolution HAADF-STEM (high-angle annular dark-field scanning transmission electron microscopy) and HREM (high-resolution electron microscopy) investigations have highlighted the presence of two mixed columns of Ce and W cations along theaaxis that were previously assigned to pure W cations in the asymmetric unit. This discovery explains the presence of a commensurate superstructure doubling the orthorhombic unit-cell lengthao.

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