Symposium: Transmission Electron Microscopy and Catalysis

这笔赠款将部分资助将于2003年4月11日在特拉华大学举行的“传输电子显微镜和催化”国际研讨会。电子显微镜仪器正经历着巨大的变化，极大地增强了这一关键技术在催化研究中的潜在应用。电子源、透镜、样品台和探测器都得到了极大的改进，成像和光谱学相结合的新方法将使结构和化学成分信息能够同时获得。利用反应气体的亚大气压进行的现场实验将使透射电子显微镜技术更接近工业催化反应器的条件。研讨会将汇集一批高度认可的显微镜专家，展示透射电子显微镜在多相催化研究中的领先实验能力。这次会议将涉及来自多相催化领域的专家和与会者之间的科学信息交流。首席研究人员、研究生/本科生和行业代表将分享观点和未来研究方向，包括协作的网络机会。将建立一个网站来传播专题讨论会的结论和介绍。

This grant will partially support an international symposium on "Transmission Electron Microscopy and Catalysis" to be held at the University of Delaware on April 11, 2003. TEM instrumentation is undergoing dramatic changes that are significantly enhancing the potential applications of this key technique in catalysis research. Electron sources, lenses, sample stages and detectors have been dramatically improved, and new approaches that couple imaging and spectroscopy will permit structural and chemical composition information to be obtained simultaneously. In situ experimentation using sub-atmosphere pressures of reactive gases will bring TEM techniques closer to industrial catalytic reactor conditions. The symposium will bring together a select group of highly recognized microscopists to present the leading experimental capabilities for TEM in heterogeneous catalysis research. The conference will involve exchange of scientific information by the TEM experts and participants from the heterogeneous catalysis community. Principal investigators, graduate/undergraduate students, and industrial representatives will share perspectives and future research directions, including networking opportunities for collaboration. A web site will be created to disseminate the symposium conclusions and presentations.