Microtron electron beam enables post-synthetic defect engineering in ultrasmall ceria nanocrystals
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- 2 June 2026
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Nanoscale Advances
Abstract
Electron-beam irradiation of ultrasmall CeO 2 nanoparticles induces surface oxygen ejection and generates Ce 3+ defects, enabling structure engineering and property adjustment.Keywords
Funding Information
- Ministerstvo Školství, Mládeže a Tělovýchovy (CZ.02.01.01/00/22_008/0004596)
- Ministerstvo Školství, Mládeže a Tělovýchovy (LM2023051)
- Grantová Agentura České Republiky (21-31852J)
- Agentúra Ministerstva Školstva, Vedy, Výskumu a Športu SR (2/0004/25)
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