• 文献标题:   Ultrasonic Nebulization for TEM Sample Preparation on Single-Layer Graphene Grids
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   HINMAN JG, HINMAN JJ, JANICEK BE, HUANG PY, SUSLICK KS, MURPHY CJ
  • 作者关键词:   nanoparticle, nebulization, graphene, transmission electron microscopy, spray
  • 出版物名称:   NANO LETTERS
  • ISSN:   1530-6984 EI 1530-6992
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Illinois
  • 被引频次:   4
  • DOI:   10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b05117
  • 出版年:   2019

▎ 摘  要

Spray-coating using ultrasonic nebulization is reported for depositing nanoparticles on a TEM grid without many of the drying artifacts that are often associated with drop casting. Spray-coating is suitable for preparing TEM samples on fragile support materials, such as suspended single-layer graphene, that rupture when samples are prepared by drop casting. Additionally, because ultrasonic nebulization produces uniform droplets, nanoparticles deposited by spray-coating occur on the TEM grid in clusters, whose size is dependent on the concentration of the nanoparticle dispersion, which may allow the concentration of nanoparticle dispersions to be estimated using TEM.