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Model catalysts fabricated by electron beam lithography: AFM and TPD surface studies and hydrogenation/dehydrogenation of cyclohexene + H2 on a Pt nanoparticle array supported by silica

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Pt nanoparticle model catalysts with 28 ± 2 nm diameters and 100 ± 2 nm square periodicity have been fabricated with electron beam lithography on silica substrates. The reactivity of the Pt/SiO2 arrays was compared to a Pt foil for cyclohexene + H2 at 100°C. The overall reactivity of the Pt particle arrays was higher by a factor of two, the selectivity towards dehydrogenation was three times higher, and the rate of deactivation was about the same as for the Pt foil. Since the primary difference between the nanoparticle array and the Pt foil was the interface between the Pt and the SiO2, the interfacial region was most likely responsible for the changes in reactivity on the arrays. Using AFM, SEM, and TPD, the arrays were characterized before and after being exposed to reaction conditions. AFM images of a sample cleaned by ion sputtering showed that the pattern of the Pt nanoparticle array was replicated in the silica during the sputtering process.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA

    Aaron S. Eppler, Ji Zhu & Gabor A. Somorjai

  2. Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA

    Aaron S. Eppler, Ji Zhu, Erik A. Anderson & Gabor A. Somorjai

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Eppler, A.S., Zhu, J., Anderson, E.A. et al. Model catalysts fabricated by electron beam lithography: AFM and TPD surface studies and hydrogenation/dehydrogenation of cyclohexene + H2 on a Pt nanoparticle array supported by silica. Topics in Catalysis 13, 33–41 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009089023367

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