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Liu, P.; Wu, T.; Madsen, J.; Schiotz, J.; Wagner, J.B.; Hansen, T.W. |
Title |
Transformations of supported gold nanoparticles observed by in situ electron microscopy |
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A1 Journal article |
Year |
2019 |
Publication |
Nanoscale |
Abbreviated Journal |
Nanoscale |
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11 |
Issue |
24 |
Pages |
11885-11891 |
Keywords |
A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT) |
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Oxide supported metal nanoparticles play an important role in heterogeneous catalysis. However, understanding the metal/oxide interface and their evolution under reaction conditions remains challenging. Herein, we investigate the interface between Au nanoparticles and a CeO2 substrate by environmental transmission electron microscopy with atomic resolution. We find that the Au nanoparticles have two preferential epitaxial relationships with the substrate, i.e. Type I (111)[-110]CeO2//(111)[-110]Au and Type II (111)[-110]CeO2//(111)[1-10]Au orientation relationships, where Type I is preferred. In situ observations in the presence of O-2 show that the gas can stimulate the supported Au nanoparticles to transform between these two orientations even at room temperature. Moreover, when increasing the temperature to 973 K, the transformation of an Au nanoparticle between the two orientation states and a non-crystalline state in the presence of O-2 is also observed. DFT calculations of the binding between Au and CeO2 in the two relationships are strongly influenced by the presence of oxygen vacancies. For a given position of a vacancy, there is a significant energy difference between the energy of the two types. However, for some positions, Type I is preferred, and for others, Type II, but the most favourable position of the vacancy for the two types has a very similar energy. This is consistent with the observation of both types of adhesion. |
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000472559800049 |
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2019-05-22 |
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2040-3364 |
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UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles |
Impact Factor |
7.367 |
Times cited |
1 |
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Most recent IF: 7.367 |
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UA @ admin @ c:irua:161313 |
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5402 |
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Susi, T.; Madsen, J.; Ludacka, U.; Mortensen, J.J.; Pennycook, T.J.; Lee, Z.; Kotakoski, J.; Kaiser, U.; Meyer, J.C. |
Title |
Efficient first principles simulation of electron scattering factors for transmission electron microscopy |
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A1 Journal article |
Year |
2019 |
Publication |
Ultramicroscopy |
Abbreviated Journal |
Ultramicroscopy |
Volume |
197 |
Issue |
197 |
Pages |
16-22 |
Keywords |
A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT) |
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Electron microscopy is a powerful tool for studying the properties of materials down to their atomic structure. In many cases, the quantitative interpretation of images requires simulations based on atomistic structure models. These typically use the independent atom approximation that neglects bonding effects, which may, however, be measurable and of physical interest. Since all electrons and the nuclear cores contribute to the scattering potential, simulations that go beyond this approximation have relied on computationally highly demanding all-electron calculations. Here, we describe a new method to generate ab initio electrostatic potentials when describing the core electrons by projector functions. Combined with an interface to quantitative image simulations, this implementation enables an easy and fast means to model electron scattering. We compare simulated transmission electron microscopy images and diffraction patterns to experimental data, showing an accuracy equivalent to earlier all-electron calculations at a much lower computational cost. |
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000456311700003 |
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2018-11-12 |
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0304-3991 |
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UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles |
Impact Factor |
2.843 |
Times cited |
3 |
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Most recent IF: 2.843 |
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UA @ admin @ c:irua:165938 |
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6296 |
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Liu, P.; Madsen, J.; Schiotz, J.; Wagner, J.B.; Hansen, T.W. |
Title |
Reversible and concerted atom diffusion on supported gold nanoparticles |
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A1 Journal article |
Year |
2020 |
Publication |
Journal Of Physics-materials |
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3 |
Issue |
2 |
Pages |
024009 |
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A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT) |
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Traditionally, direct imaging of atom diffusion is only available by scanning tunneling microscopy and field ion microscopy on geometry-constrained samples: flat surfaces for STM and needle tips for FIM. Here we show time-resolved atomic-scale HRTEM investigations of CeO2-supported Au nanoparticle surfaces to characterize the surface dynamics of atom columns on gold nanoparticles. The observed surface dynamics have been categorized into four types: layer jumping, layer gliding, re-orientation and surface reconstruction. We successfully captured atoms moving in a concerted manner with a time resolution of 0.1 s. A quantitative approach for measuring the dynamics in various gaseous surroundings at elevated temperatures is presented. An approach for measuring quantitative electron beam effects on the surface dynamics is presented by counting atom column occupation as a function of time under a range of dose rates in high vacuum. |
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000560432800009 |
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2020-03-24 |
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2 |
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OpenAccess |
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Most recent IF: NA |
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UA @ admin @ c:irua:171320 |
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6597 |
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Madsen, J.; Pennycook, T.J.; Susi, T. |
Title |
ab initio description of bonding for transmission electron microscopy |
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A1 Journal article |
Year |
2021 |
Publication |
Ultramicroscopy |
Abbreviated Journal |
Ultramicroscopy |
Volume |
231 |
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Keywords |
A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT) |
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The simulation of transmission electron microscopy (TEM) images or diffraction patterns is often required to interpret their contrast and extract specimen features. This is especially true for high-resolution phase-contrast imaging of materials, but electron scattering simulations based on atomistic models are widely used in materials science and structural biology. Since electron scattering is dominated by the nuclear cores, the scattering potential is typically described by the widely applied independent atom model. This approximation is fast and fairly accurate, especially for scanning TEM (STEM) annular dark-field contrast, but it completely neglects valence bonding and its effect on the transmitting electrons. However, an emerging trend in electron microscopy is to use new instrumentation and methods to extract the maximum amount of information from each electron. This is evident in the increasing popularity of techniques such as 4D-STEM combined with ptychography in materials science, and cryogenic microcrystal electron diffraction in structural biology, where subtle differences in the scattering potential may be both measurable and contain additional insights. Thus, there is increasing interest in electron scattering simulations based on electrostatic potentials obtained from first principles, mainly via density functional theory, which was previously mainly required for holography. In this Review, we discuss the motivation and basis for these developments, survey the pioneering work that has been published thus far, and give our outlook for the future. We argue that a physically better justified ab initio description of the scattering potential is both useful and viable for an increasing number of systems, and we expect such simulations to steadily gain in popularity and importance. |
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000744190300006 |
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2021-03-18 |
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0304-3991 |
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UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles |
Impact Factor |
2.843 |
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OpenAccess |
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Most recent IF: 2.843 |
Call Number |
UA @ admin @ c:irua:183955 |
Serial |
6850 |
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