Nanoparticles and chemical waves (IMAGE)

Vienna University of Technology

Nanoparticles and chemical waves

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(a) Modern cataylsts constist of nanoparticles; (b) A Rhodium tip as a model for a nanoparticle; (c) Tracing a chemical reaction in real time with a field emission microscope (d) At low temperatures, different facets oscillate in sync (e) At higher temperatures, synchronicity is broken

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TU Wien

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