Ayumu Onda and Takayuki Komatsu
Particles of each of the single phase Ni–Sn intermetallic compounds Ni3Sn, Ni3Sn2 and Ni3Sn4 have been formed on silica by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) of Sn(CH3)4 onto Ni/SiO2 and used as catalysts for cyclohexane dehydrogenation.