Growth Kinetics of Supported Metal Catalysts

Monitoring the Growth Kinetics of Supported Metal Catalysts 

Supported model catalysts are frequently prepared by thermally evaporating metal atoms onto a planar oxide surface in UHV. The morphology and growth of supported metal clusters depend on a number of factors such as substrate morphology, the deposition rate, and the surface temperature. For a controlled synthesis of supported model catalysts, it is necessary to monitor the growth kinetics of supported metal 

Using in situ STM also makes it possible to monitor the growth of supported alloy model catalysts. The simplest way to synthesize supported alloy model catalysts is to 

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