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The Atomic-level Characterization of Platinum Nanoparticles in γ-Alumina using TEM and DFT

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 August 2019

Arielle Clauser*
Affiliation:
Oregon State University, Material Science and Engineering, Corvallis, USA.
Kofi Oware Sarfo
Affiliation:
Oregon State University, Material Science and Engineering, Corvallis, USA.
Colin Ophus
Affiliation:
National Center for Electron Microscopy, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, USA.
Raquel Giulian
Affiliation:
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Líney Árnadóttir
Affiliation:
Oregon State University, Material Science and Engineering, Corvallis, USA.
Melissa K. Santala
Affiliation:
Oregon State University, Material Science and Engineering, Corvallis, USA.

Abstract

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Type
Microscopy and Spectroscopy of Nanoscale Materials for Energy Applications
Copyright
Copyright © Microscopy Society of America 2019 

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