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Chai P, Jin Y, Sun G, Ding L, Wu L, Wang H, Fu C, Wu Z, Huang W. A near-ambient pressure flow reactor coupled with polarization-modulation infrared reflection absorption spectroscopy for operando studies of heterogeneous catalytic reactions over model catalysts. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2022; 93:054105. [PMID: 35649779 DOI: 10.1063/5.0081102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2021] [Accepted: 02/28/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The model catalyst approach is often used for fundamental investigations of complex heterogeneous catalysis, in which operando characterizations are critical. A flow reactor is usually adopted for gas-solid heterogeneous catalytic reactions. Herein, we report a home-designed near-ambient pressure (NAP) flow reactor coupled with polarization-modulation infrared reflection absorption spectroscopy (PM-IRAS) and an online quadrupole mass spectrometer for operando studies of heterogeneous catalytic reactions over model catalysts. A unique gas supply system is designed and manufactured to enable a stable gas inlet to the NAP flow reactor at pressures up to ∼100 mbar. An ultrahigh vacuum chamber equipped with the facilities for x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, low-energy electron diffraction, thermal desorption spectroscopy, E-beam evaporation source, and ion sputtering gun is connected to the NAP flow reactor via a gate valve for preparations and routine characterizations of model catalysts. The functions of the system are demonstrated by in situ PM-IRAS characterization of CO adsorption on Pt(111) and operando characterizations of CO oxidation on Pt(111) under NAP conditions.
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- Peng Chai
- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Chemistry and Energy Catalysis of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, and Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, People's Republic of China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Chemistry and Energy Catalysis of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, and Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, People's Republic of China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Chemistry and Energy Catalysis of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, and Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, People's Republic of China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Chemistry and Energy Catalysis of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, and Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, People's Republic of China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Chemistry and Energy Catalysis of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, and Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, People's Republic of China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Chemistry and Energy Catalysis of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, and Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, People's Republic of China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Chemistry and Energy Catalysis of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, and Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, People's Republic of China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Chemistry and Energy Catalysis of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, and Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, People's Republic of China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Chemistry and Energy Catalysis of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, and Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, People's Republic of China
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Even after being in business for at least the last 100 years, research into the field of (heterogeneous) catalysis is still vibrant, both in academia and in industry. One of the reasons for this is that around 90% of all chemicals and materials used in everyday life are produced employing catalysis. In 2020, the global catalyst market size reached $35 billion, and it is still steadily increasing every year. Additionally, catalysts will be the driving force behind the transition toward sustainable energy. However, even after having been investigated for 100 years, we still have not reached the holy grail of developing catalysts from rational design instead of from trial-and-error. There are two main reasons for this, indicated by the two so-called "gaps" between (academic) research and actual catalysis. The first one is the "pressure gap", indicating the 13 orders of magnitude difference in pressure between the ultrahigh vacuum lab conditions and the atmospheric pressures (and higher) of industrial catalysis. The second one is the "materials gap", indicating the difference in complexity between single-crystal model catalysts of academic research and the real catalysts, consisting of metallic nanoparticles on supports, promoters, fillers, and binders. Although over the past decades significant efforts have been made in closing these gaps, many steps still have to be taken. In this Account, I will discuss the steps we have taken at Leiden University to further our fundamental understanding of heterogeneous catalysis at the (near-)atomic scale. I will focus on bridging the pressure gap, though we are also working on closing the materials gap. Over the past years, we developed state-of-the-art equipment that is able to investigate the (near-)atomic-scale structure of the catalyst surface during the chemical reaction using several surface-science-based techniques such as scanning tunneling microscopy, atomic force microscopy, optical microscopy, and X-ray-based techniques (surface X-ray diffraction, grazing-incidence small-angle X-ray scattering, and X-ray reflectivity, in collaboration with ESRF). Simultaneously with imaging the surface, we can investigate the catalyst's performance via mass spectrometry, enabling us to link changes in the catalyst structure to its activity, selectivity, or stability. Although we are currently investigating many industrially relevant catalytic systems, I will here focus the discussion on the oxidation of platinum during, for example, CO and NO oxidation, the NO reduction reaction on platinum, and the growth of graphene on liquid (molten) copper. I will show that to be able to obtain the full picture of heterogeneous catalysis, the ability to investigate the catalyst at the (near-)atomic scale during the chemical reaction is a must.
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- Irene M. N. Groot
- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9502, 2300 RA Leiden, the Netherlands
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Blomberg S, Hejral U, Shipilin M, Albertin S, Karlsson H, Hulteberg C, Lömker P, Goodwin C, Degerman D, Gustafson J, Schlueter C, Nilsson A, Lundgren E, Amann P. Bridging the Pressure Gap in CO Oxidation. ACS Catal 2021; 11:9128-9135. [PMID: 34476111 PMCID: PMC8397290 DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c00806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2021] [Revised: 06/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Performing fundamental operando catalysis studies under realistic conditions is a key to further develop and increase the efficiency of industrial catalysts. Operando X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) experiments have been limited to pressures, and the relevance for industrial applications has been questioned. Herein, we report on the CO oxidation experiment on Pd(100) performed at a total pressure of 1 bar using XPS. We investigate the light-off regime and the surface chemical composition at the atomistic level in the highly active phase. Furthermore, the observed gas-phase photoemission peaks of CO2, CO, and O2 indicate that the kinetics of the reaction during the light-off regime can be followed operando, and by studying the reaction rate of the reaction, the activation energy is calculated. The reaction was preceded by an in situ oxidation study in 7% O2 in He and a total pressure of 70 mbar to confirm the surface sensitivity and assignment of the oxygen-induced photoemission peaks. However, oxygen-induced photoemission peaks were not observed during the reaction studies, but instead, a metallic Pd phase is present in the highly active regime under the conditions applied. The novel XPS setup utilizes hard X-rays to enable high-pressure studies, combined with a grazing incident angle to increase the surface sensitivity of the measurement. Our findings demonstrate the possibilities of achieving chemical information of the catalyst, operando, on an atomistic level, under industrially relevant conditions.
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- Sara Blomberg
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Lund University, Lund 221 00, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Lund University, Lund 221 00, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, AlbaNova University Center, Stockholm University, Stockholm 10691, Sweden
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Lund University, Lund 221 00, Sweden
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- Photon Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestr. 85, Hamburg 22607, Germany
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- Department of Physics, AlbaNova University Center, Stockholm University, Stockholm 10691, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, AlbaNova University Center, Stockholm University, Stockholm 10691, Sweden
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- Photon Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestr. 85, Hamburg 22607, Germany
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- Department of Physics, AlbaNova University Center, Stockholm University, Stockholm 10691, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Lund University, Lund 221 00, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, AlbaNova University Center, Stockholm University, Stockholm 10691, Sweden
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Rose V, Ajayi T, Rosenmann D, Shirato N. A variable X-ray chopper system for phase-sensitive detection in synchrotron X-ray scanning tunneling microscopy. JOURNAL OF SYNCHROTRON RADIATION 2020; 27:1382-1387. [PMID: 32876616 DOI: 10.1107/s1600577520007869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2020] [Accepted: 06/10/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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An ultra-high-vacuum compatible X-ray chopper system has been designed, constructed and integrated into the XTIP beamline at the Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory. The XTIP beamline can operate at soft X-ray energies from 400 eV to 1900 eV while providing a focused beam down to about 10 µm × 10 µm into the synchrotron X-ray scanning tunneling microscopy (SX-STM) endstation instrument. The X-ray chopper is a critical component for separating topographic information from chemical information in SX-STM through phase-sensitive current detection. Depending on the experimental needs, the modulation frequency can be controlled from 100 Hz to 10 kHz. In addition, the chopper system is fully bakeable and can achieve a base pressure of 10-10 mbar. Facilities for active water cooling have been designed, but passive cooling through copper braids has been shown to be sufficient at standard chopping frequencies. Using an Fe/Al2O3/CoAl(111) sample, the separation of the SX-STM current into a chemical component and a stable feedback signal is demonstrated.
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- Volker Rose
- Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Lemont, IL 60439, USA
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- Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Lemont, IL 60439, USA
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- Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Lemont, IL 60439, USA
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- Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Lemont, IL 60439, USA
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Schnadt J, Knudsen J, Johansson N. Present and new frontiers in materials research by ambient pressure x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2020; 32:413003. [PMID: 32438360 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/ab9565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2019] [Accepted: 05/21/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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In this topical review we catagorise all ambient pressure x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy publications that have appeared between the 1970s and the end of 2018 according to their scientific field. We find that catalysis, surface science and materials science are predominant, while, for example, electrocatalysis and thin film growth are emerging. All catalysis publications that we could identify are cited, and selected case stories with increasing complexity in terms of surface structure or chemical reaction are discussed. For thin film growth we discuss recent examples from chemical vapour deposition and atomic layer deposition. Finally, we also discuss current frontiers of ambient pressure x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy research, indicating some directions of future development of the field.
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- Joachim Schnadt
- Division of Synchrotron Radiation Research, Department of Physics, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
- MAX IV Laboratory, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Division of Synchrotron Radiation Research, Department of Physics, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
- MAX IV Laboratory, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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Rose V, Shirato N, Bartlein M, Deriy A, Ajayi T, Rosenmann D, Hla SW, Fisher M, Reininger R. XTIP - the world's first beamline dedicated to the synchrotron X-ray scanning tunneling microscopy technique. JOURNAL OF SYNCHROTRON RADIATION 2020; 27:836-843. [PMID: 32381788 PMCID: PMC7285689 DOI: 10.1107/s1600577520003689] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2019] [Accepted: 03/12/2020] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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In recent years, there have been numerous efforts worldwide to develop the synchrotron X-ray scanning tunneling microscopy (SX-STM) technique. Here, the inauguration of XTIP, the world's first beamline fully dedicated to SX-STM, is reported. The XTIP beamline is located at Sector 4 of the Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory. It features an insertion device that can provide left- or right-circular as well as horizontal- and vertical-linear polarization. XTIP delivers monochromatic soft X-rays of between 400 and 1900 eV focused into an environmental enclosure that houses the endstation instrument. This article discusses the beamline system design and its performance.
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- Volker Rose
- Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 S Cass Ave, Lemont, IL 60439, USA
- Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 S Cass Ave, Lemont, IL 60439, USA
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- Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 S Cass Ave, Lemont, IL 60439, USA
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- Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 S Cass Ave, Lemont, IL 60439, USA
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- Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 S Cass Ave, Lemont, IL 60439, USA
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- Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 S Cass Ave, Lemont, IL 60439, USA
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- Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 S Cass Ave, Lemont, IL 60439, USA
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- Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 S Cass Ave, Lemont, IL 60439, USA
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- Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 S Cass Ave, Lemont, IL 60439, USA
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- Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 S Cass Ave, Lemont, IL 60439, USA
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Plodinec M, Nerl HC, Farra R, Willinger MG, Stotz E, Schlögl R, Lunkenbein T. Versatile Homebuilt Gas Feed and Analysis System for Operando TEM of Catalysts at Work. MICROSCOPY AND MICROANALYSIS : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF MICROSCOPY SOCIETY OF AMERICA, MICROBEAM ANALYSIS SOCIETY, MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 2020; 26:220-228. [PMID: 32115001 DOI: 10.1017/s143192762000015x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Understanding how catalysts work during chemical reactions is crucial when developing efficient catalytic materials. The dynamic processes involved are extremely sensitive to changes in pressure, gas environment and temperature. Hence, there is a need for spatially resolved operando techniques to investigate catalysts under working conditions and over time. The use of dedicated operando techniques with added detection of catalytic conversion presents a unique opportunity to study the mechanisms underlying the catalytic reactions systematically. Herein, we report on the detailed setup and technical capabilities of a modular, homebuilt gas feed system directly coupled to a quadrupole mass spectrometer, which allows for operando transmission electron microscopy (TEM) studies of heterogeneous catalysts. The setup is compatible with conventional, commercially available gas cell TEM holders, making it widely accessible and reproducible by the community. In addition, the operando functionality of the setup was tested using CO oxidation over Pt nanoparticles.
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- Milivoj Plodinec
- Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Berlin, Germany
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- Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Berlin, Germany
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- Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Berlin, Germany
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- Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Berlin, Germany
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- Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Berlin, Germany
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- Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Berlin, Germany
- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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Mom RV, Onderwaater WG, Rost MJ, Jankowski M, Wenzel S, Jacobse L, Alkemade PF, Vandalon V, van Spronsen MA, van Weeren M, Crama B, van der Tuijn P, Felici R, Kessels WM, Carlà F, Frenken JW, Groot IM. Simultaneous scanning tunneling microscopy and synchrotron X-ray measurements in a gas environment. Ultramicroscopy 2017; 182:233-242. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2017.07.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2016] [Revised: 05/17/2017] [Accepted: 07/09/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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van Spronsen MA, Frenken JWM, Groot IMN. Surface science under reaction conditions: CO oxidation on Pt and Pd model catalysts. Chem Soc Rev 2017; 46:4347-4374. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cs00045f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 151] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Application of surface-science techniques, such as XPS, SXRD, STM, and IR spectroscopy under catalytic reactions conditions yield new structural and chemical information. Recent experiments focusing on CO oxidation over Pt and Pd model catalysts were reviewed.
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- Advanced Research Center for Nanolithography
- 1090 BA Amsterdam
- The Netherlands
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry
- Leiden University
- 2300 RA Leiden
- The Netherlands
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