Our objective is to study the growth mechanism of Ni nanostructures supported in microporous materials using X-ray diffraction. Since only the surface atoms of a catalyst are active, our aim is to find the optimum synthesis ...

Due to their outstanding and tunable electronic properties, platinum nanowires have the potential to be used in the development of advanced devices. The quantum confinement effect of the electrons and the increased surface ...

In the last decade nanowires (NWs) have become the focus of intensive research in the areas of catalysis, sensors, gas storage, among others. These ordered high surface area materials display high chemical reactivity because ...

Continuous increase in energy demand and high levels of pollution generated by the existing energy sources have led researchers to explore other clean and renewable alternatives. Hydrogen gas (H2) is an option that has ...

Hydrogen is a versatile molecule used in many industrial processes. Hydrogen is flammable at concentrations between 4% to 75% v/v at atmospheric pressure with a tendency to leak. There are a variety of hydrogen sensors, ...

In the present work geometric optimizations, Metropolis Monte Carlo, and molecular dynamics simulations were done to study the feasibility of synthesizing Ni and Pt nanowires inside the pores of one dimensional zeolite ...

The Pair Distribution Function (PDF) is a total scattering method used to study the local structure of a material and yields a function in real space with peaks that represent the interatomic distances. In this work, we ...