Symposium: Transmission Electron Microscopy and Catalysis

该基金将部分支持于2003年4月11日在特拉华大学举行的“透射电子显微镜与催化”国际研讨会。透射电镜仪器正在经历巨大的变化，这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、样品级和探测器都有了显著的改进，结合成像和光谱学的新方法将允许同时获得结构和化学成分信息。使用亚大气压力的反应气体的原位实验将使瞬变电磁法技术更接近工业催化反应器的条件。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。会议将包括TEM专家和多相催化界参与者的科学信息交流。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。将设立一个网站，传播专题讨论会的结论和报告。

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.