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Strong Metal–Support Interaction: Growth of Individual Carbon Nanofibers from Amorphous Carbon Interacting with an Electron Beam
Author(s) -
Zhang Wei,
Theil Kuhn Luise
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
chemcatchem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.497
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1867-3899
pISSN - 1867-3880
DOI - 10.1002/cctc.201300452
Subject(s) - carbon nanofiber , amorphous carbon , materials science , carbon fibers , transmission electron microscopy , electron beam induced deposition , amorphous solid , chemical engineering , cathode ray , electron , metal , nanotechnology , nanoparticle , chemical physics , composite material , carbon nanotube , chemistry , scanning transmission electron microscopy , composite number , crystallography , metallurgy , physics , quantum mechanics , engineering
To bridge physical mixing to chemical bonding? Use an electron beam! Individual carbon nanofibers can grow from physical mixing of amorphous carbon and Ce 0.8 Gd 0.2 O 1.9 /Ni nanoparticles, under an electron beam in a 300 kV transmission electron microscope, without any gaseous carbon source and external heating, as a consequence of strong metal support interaction effect occurring in the mixtures.