Synchrotron XPS was used to investigate a series of chemically-synthesised, atomically-
precise gold clusters Aun (PPh3) y (n= 8, 9, 11 and 101, with y depending on cluster size) …

We study catalyst− support and catalyst− carbon interactions during the chemical vapor
deposition of single-walled carbon nanotubes by combining environmental transmission …

Photoelectron spectroscopy (PES) and microscopy are highly important for exploring
morphologically and chemically complex liquid–gas, solid–liquid and solid–gas interfaces …

Synchrotron XPS was used to investigate a series of chemically synthesised, atomically
precise gold clusters Aun (PPh3) y (n= 8, 9 and 101, y depending on the cluster size) …

The preparation of model bimetallic Pd–Au/HOPG catalysts has been investigated using
scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) …

Increasing efforts have been made to fabricate Au/graphene composites due to the
fascinating properties of both graphene and gold. Some Au nanoparticles with an average …

Carbon nanotube surfaces, activated and randomly decorated with metal nanoclusters, have
been studied in uniquely combined theoretical and experimental approaches as prototypes …

Model catalysts—Ag on highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (Ag/HOPG)—have been studied
using scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray …

Oxygen and argon plasmas were used to modify multiwalled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) to
improve their interfacial interaction with subsequently deposited Pt nanoparticles. In …

In this study, we propose gold-intercalated ordered mesoporous carbon nanosphere
catalysts in which gold nanoparticles are reduced by high-temperature carbonization of the …