Catalytically active sites of MOF-derived electrocatalysts: synthesis, characterization, theoretical calculations, and functional mechanisms

Z Zhai, W Yan, L Dong, S Deng, DP Wilkinson… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Electrocatalysts play critical roles in electrochemical energy storage and conversion
technologies such as fuel cells, metal–air batteries, and H2O/CO2/N2 electrolysis. Recently …

Multimode Electron Tomography Sheds Light on Synthesis, Structure, and Properties of Complex Metal‐Based Nanoparticles

K Jenkinson, LM Liz‐Marzán, S Bals - Advanced Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Electron tomography has become a cornerstone technique for the visualization of
nanoparticle morphology in three dimensions. However, to obtain in‐depth information …

High-power impulse magnetron sputter deposition of Ag on self-assembled Au nanoparticle arrays at low-temperature dewetting conditions

T Guan, S Liang, Y Kang, E Pensa, D Li… - … Applied Materials & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Plasmons have facilitated diverse analytical applications due to the boosting signal
detectability by hot spots. In practical applications, it is crucial to fabricate straightforward …

Fast electron tomography for nanomaterials

W Albrecht, S Bals - The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2020 - ACS Publications
Electron tomography (ET) has become a well-established technique to visualize
nanomaterials in three dimensions. A vast richness in information can be gained by ET, but …

Thermal activation of gold atom diffusion in Au@ Pt nanorods

A Pedrazo-Tardajos, E Arslan Irmak, V Kumar… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Understanding the thermal stability of bimetallic nanoparticles is of vital importance to
preserve their functionalities during their use in a variety of applications. In contrast to well …

Five-second STEM dislocation tomography for 300 nm thick specimen assisted by deep-learning-based noise filtering

Y Zhao, S Koike, R Nakama, S Ihara, M Mitsuhara… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) is suitable for visualizing the inside of a
relatively thick specimen than the conventional transmission electron microscopy, whose …

Real-time KMC simulation of vacancy-mediated intermixing in Au@ Ag octahedral core–cubic shell nanocrystals with ab initio-guided kinetics

Y Han, JW Evans - ACS nano, 2024 - ACS Publications
Utilization of core–shell rather than monometallic nanocrystals (NCs) facilitates fine-tuning of
NC properties for applications. However, compositional evolution via intermixing can …

Fast versus conventional HAADF-STEM tomography of nanoparticles: advantages and challenges

H Vanrompay, A Skorikov, E Bladt, A Béché, B Freitag… - Ultramicroscopy, 2021 - Elsevier
HAADF-STEM tomography is a widely used experimental technique for analyzing
nanometer-scale structures of a large variety of materials in three dimensions. It is especially …

Three-dimensional electron tomography and recent expansion of its applications in materials science

N Baba, S Hata, H Saito, K Kaneko - Microscopy, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Electron tomography (ET) is a powerful tool for elucidating the properties and functionalities
of materials. The innovative development of aberration-corrected electron microscopy in the …

Bimetallic core–shell nanocrystals: opportunities and challenges

C Wang, Y Shi, D Qin, Y Xia - Nanoscale Horizons, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
With mastery over the colloidal synthesis of monometallic nanocrystals, a combination of two
distinct metals with intricate architectures has emerged as a new direction of innovation …