The Sykes Research Group at Tufts University has posted a YouTube video that provides an introduction to the study of alternative energy sources and the role that nanotechnology techniques and applications play. 

The researchers use ground-breaking atomic imaging techniques to view hydrogen atoms moving on a specialized surface. Palladium alloy catalysts play a central role in a wide variety of industrially important applications such as hydrogenation reactions, separations, storage devices, and fuel cell components. The scientists at the Sykes Lab have explored the structural and electronic properties of both palladium/copper and palladium/gold alloys.

State-of-the-art imaging capabilities have allowed the group to determine the atomic composition and hydrogen dissociation activity of these important alloys.   Read More...