OF64 A Stable Double-Tilt Heating Capability for Precision Atomic-Level Imaging of Catalysts at Elevated Temperatures

Thursday, June 9, 2011: 4:00 PM
Ambassador Ballroom 3 (Detroit Marriott Hotel at the Renaissance Center )
Lawrence F. Allard, Materials Science & Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, Wilbur C. Bigelow, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, Douglas A., Blom, Electron Microscopy Center and NanoCenter, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC and Jingyue Liu, Center for Nanoscience and Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Missouri-St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
A precision double-tilt heating holder that allows stable operation for sub-Ångström image resolution at elevated temperatures, and the ability to tilt catalytic samples into exact zone-axis orientations for high-angle annular dark-field structure imaging of catalytic nanoparticles on single-crystal supports is described.

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