TEM Observation

To confirm the heterogeneous nucleation and the nanocellular feature in the foam processing, TEM observation of the cell wall in the PLA/MMT-ODA foam was conducted. 

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Fig. 14. High resolution TEM observations of three multi-wall carbon nanotubes with N concentric carbon nanotubes with various outer diameters do (a) N = 5, do = 6.7 nm, (b) N = 2, do = 5.5 nm, and (c) N = 7, do = 6.5 nm. The inner diameter of (c) is d = 2.3 nm. Each cylindrical shell is described by its own diameter and chiral angle [151].

Dravid et al. examined anisotropy in the electronic structures of CNTs from the viewpoint of momentum-transfer resolved EELS, in addition to the conventional TEM observation of CNTs, cross-seetional TEM and precise analysis by TED [5]. Comparison of the EEL spectra of CNTs with those of graphite shows lower jc peak than that of graphite in the low-loss region (plasmon loss), as shown in Fig. 7(a). It indicates a loss of valence electrons and a change in band gap due to the curved nature of the graphitic sheets. 

Much care had to be taken during the TEM observations of silver nitrate filled tubes, because this salt is very sensitive to electron irradiation and the continuous filaments transformed quickly into a chain of silver particles (see Fig. 5) [22]. 

The block copolymer and the microsphere were cast from polymer-benzene solution on a Teflon sheet. The solution was gradually dried at room temperature. Film was microtomed vertically at 80 nm thick by the Ul-traCut-N (Reichert Nissei). In order to obtain enough contrast for TEM observation, the P4VP microdomains in the film were stained with OSO4. The film was observed by TEM (JEOL CX-100) at 100 kV. 

For [001] and [IlO] orientations where no stress is resolved onto <110] ordinary slip, <101] superlattice slip is observed up to the peak temperature. <101] dislocatiom predominantly lie along their screw orientation up to the peak temperature. This is consistent with the recent results of TEM observations on [001] si"gle crystals by Stucke et al. [9]. At temperatures below the peak, CRSS is much higher for the [001] orientation than for the [IlO] orientation. However, both the peak temperature and peak stress are lower for the former orientation than the latter. TTie lower peak temperature for the [001] orientation is associated with the occurrence of twiiming of the lll <112]-type above the peak temperature. Such twinning can not occur for the [IlO] orientation in compression. Deformation of [Il0]-oriented crystals above the peak is carried by slip on 111 <112]. 

FIGURE 19.2 Procedure for three-dimensional-transmission electron microscopic (3D-TEM) observation, composed of TEM measurements and computerized tomography to reconstruct a 3D image. (From Kohjiya, S., Kato, A., Shimanuki, J., Hasegawa, T., and Ikeda, Y., Polymer, 46, 4440, 2005. With permission.)... 

TEM observation and elemental analysis of the catalysts were performed by means of a transmission electron microscope (JEOL, JEM-201 OF) with energy dispersion spectrometer (EDS). The surface property of catalysts was analyzed by an X-ray photoelectron spectrometer (JEOL, JPS-90SX) using an A1 Ka radiation (1486.6 eV, 120 W). Carbon Is peak at binding energy of 284.6 eV due to adventitious carbon was used as an internal reference. Temperature programmed oxidation (TPO) with 5 vol.% 02/He was also performed on the catalyst after reaction, and the consumption of O2 was detected by thermal conductivity detector. The temperature was ramped at 10 K min to 1273 K. 

The TEM images of deposits observed on Catalyst I used for the steam reforming of naphthalene are shown in Fig. 5. Two types of deposits were observed and they were proved to be composed of mainly carbon by EDS elemental analysis. One of them is film-like deposit over catalysts as shown in Fig. 5(a). This type of coke seems to consist of a polymer of C H, radicals. The other is pyrolytic carbon, which gives image of graphite-like layer as shown in Fig. 5(b). Pyrolytic carbon seems to be produced in dehydrogenation of naphthalene. TPO profile is shown in Fig. 6. The peaks around 600 K and 1000 K are attributable to the oxidation of film-like carbon and pyrolytic carbon, respectively [11-13]. These results coincide with TEM observations. 

Fig. 4 TEM observation of nanoparticles after catalysis. Rh (left) and Ir (right)...

Fig. 6 TEM observation of Rh(0) nanoclusters prepared under H2 in propylene carbonate...

The efficient hydrogenation of various benzene compounds in biphasic systems has also been described by similar surfactant-protected irid-ium(O) nanoparticles [47]. The solubility of the nanoparticles was assured by 10 equivalents of water-soluble N,N-dimethyl-N-cetyl-Ar-(2-hydroxyethyl)-ammonium chloride salt. TEM observations show that the particles are monodispersed in size with an average diameter of 1.9 0.7 nm (Fig. 7). 

It is noteworthy that the HRTEM cannot distinguish core and shell even by combining X-ray or electron diffraction techniques for some small nanoparticles. If the shell epitaxially grows on the core in the case of two kinds of metals with same crystal type and little difference of lattice constant, the precise structure of the bimetallic nanoparticles cannot be well characterized by the present technique. Hodak et al. [153] investigated Au-core/Ag-shell or Ag-core/Au-shell bimetallic nanoparticles. They confirmed that Au shell forms on Ag core by the epitaxial growth. In the TEM observations, the core/shell structures of Ag/Au nanoparticles are not clear even in the HRTEM images in this case (Figure 7). 

In the TEM observation, Pt nanowires are clearly seen for the photo-reduced sample (Figure 5a). The Pt wires... 

Fig. 6.2). TEM observations for the as-prepared, silver nanoparticles showed that the nanoparticles of silver were ca.15 nm in size (Fig. 6.3). 

Tab. 9.4 Form factors of three nanocomposites obtained from WAXD and TEM observations.

Takadama, H., Kim, H.-M., Miyaji, F., Kokubo, T. and Nakamura, T. (2000) Mechanism of apatite formation induced by silanol groups - TEM observation. Journal of the Ceramic Society of Japan, 108, 118-121. 

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