title: Nanoscale chemical imaging of the reduction behavior of a single catalyst particle.
abstract: A closer look: Investigation of the reduction properties of a single Fischer-Tropsch catalyst particle, using in situ scanning transmission X-ray microscopy with spatial resolution of 35 nm, reveals a heterogeneous distribution of Fe(0), Fe(2+), and Fe(3+) species. Regions of different reduction properties are defined and explained on the basis of local chemical interactions and catalyst morphology.
authors.affiliation: Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University, Sorbonnelaan 16, 3584 CA Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Emiel
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: de Smit
authors.forename: Ingmar
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Swart
authors.forename: J Fredrik
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Creemer
authors.forename: Chithra
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Karunakaran
authors.forename: Drew
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bertwistle
authors.forename: Henny W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Zandbergen
authors.forename: Frank M F
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: de Groot
authors.forename: Bert M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Weckhuysen