Symposium: Transmission Electron Microscopy and Catalysis

这笔赠款将部分支持将于2003年4月11日在特拉华州大学举行的“透射电子显微镜和催化”国际研讨会。 TEM仪器正在经历巨大的变化，显着提高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，将成像和光谱学结合起来的新方法将允许同时获得结构和化学成分信息。 使用低于大气压的反应气体的原位实验将使TEM技术更接近工业催化反应器条件。 研讨会将汇集一组高度认可的显微镜专家，展示TEM在多相催化研究中的领先实验能力。 会议将涉及TEM专家和多相催化界的与会者交流科学信息。 主要研究人员，研究生/本科生和行业代表将分享观点和未来的研究方向，包括合作的网络机会。 将建立一个网站，传播专题讨论会的结论和专题介绍。

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.