DOI: 10.1039/A800581H
(Paper)
J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans., 1998, 94, 1329-1331
Direct observation of sintering in a model oxide supported metal catalyst STM of Pd on WO3(001)
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Richard A. Dixon and Russell G. Egdell
Abstract
Evaporation of Pd onto WO3(001) at room temperature leads to the formation of metal nanoparticles which can be imaged directly by scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM). Annealing a surface supporting 20 Å particles to 600 °C leads to agglomeration of the deposited metal. These observations demonstrate that STM provides a real space approach to the investigation of sintering in oxide supported metal catalysts.