A stable low-temperature H2-production catalyst by crowding Pt on α-MoC

X Zhang, M Zhang, Y Deng, M Xu, L Artiglia, W Wen… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
The water–gas shift (WGS) reaction is an industrially important source of pure hydrogen (H2)
at the expense of carbon monoxide and water,. This reaction is of interest for fuel-cell …

Single-atom vibrational spectroscopy in the scanning transmission electron microscope

FS Hage, G Radtke, DM Kepaptsoglou, M Lazzeri… - Science, 2020 - science.org
Single-atom impurities and other atomic-scale defects can notably alter the local vibrational
responses of solids and, ultimately, their macroscopic properties. Using high-resolution …

Single-atom vibrational spectroscopy with chemical-bonding sensitivity

M Xu, DL Bao, A Li, M Gao, D Meng, A Li, S Du, G Su… - Nature Materials, 2023 - nature.com
Correlation of lattice vibrational properties with local atomic configurations in materials is
essential for elucidating functionalities that involve phonon transport in solids. Recent …

Efficient photocatalytic production of hydrogen by exploiting the polydopamine-semiconductor interface

Y Kim, E Coy, H Kim, R Mrówczyński, P Torruella… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2021 - Elsevier
Photocatalytic hydrogen (H 2) production on zinc sulfide (ZnS) still remains unsatisfactory
because of the fast charge carrier recombination through direct-bandgap and …

[HTML][HTML] The effect of low Cu additions on precipitate crystal structures in overaged Al-Mg-Si (-Cu) alloys

JK Sunde, CD Marioara, R Holmestad - Materials Characterization, 2020 - Elsevier
This study concerns the effect of low Cu additions (≲ 0.1 at.%) on the precipitate crystal
structure evolution in three Al-Mg-Si (-Cu) alloys during overageing. The evolution was …

Spontaneous and stimulated electron–photon interactions in nanoscale plasmonic near fields

M Liebtrau, M Sivis, A Feist… - Light: Science & …, 2021 - nature.com
The interplay between free electrons, light, and matter offers unique prospects for space,
time, and energy resolved optical material characterization, structured light generation, and …

Self-assembling peptides imaged by correlated liquid cell transmission electron microscopy and MALDI-imaging mass spectrometry

MA Touve, AS Carlini, NC Gianneschi - Nature communications, 2019 - nature.com
We describe the observation of stimuli-induced peptide-based nanoscale assemblies by
liquid cell transmission electron microscopy (LCTEM). LCTEM offers the opportunity to …

Continuous gas-phase synthesis of core–shell nanoparticles via surface segregation

M Snellman, N Eom, M Ek, ME Messing… - Nanoscale …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Synthesis methods of highly functional core@ shell nanoparticles with high throughput and
high purity are in great demand for applications, including catalysis and optoelectronics …

On the trigonal structure of the ζ-hydride in zirconium: a microstructural characterization approach by electron diffraction and energy-loss spectroscopy

NN Badr, F Long, Y Lou, M Topping, LK Béland, Z Yao… - Acta Materialia, 2023 - Elsevier
The zirconium (Zr) ζ-hydride phase was first proposed in 2008. While electron diffraction
experiments characterized a trigonal crystal structure for this phase, formation-energy …

Competitive Nucleation Mechanism for CsPbBr3 Perovskite Nanoplatelet Growth

VM Burlakov, Y Hassan, M Danaie… - The Journal of …, 2020 - ACS Publications
We analyze nucleation-controlled nanocrystal growth in a solution containing surface-
binding molecular ligands, which can also nucleate compact layers on the crystal surfaces …