Transmission electron microscopy application for the analysis of carbon black and metal-carbon nanostructures

The article presents the analytical possibilities of the combined use of transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) methods to study of carbon black and metal-carbon nanostructures. Platinum nanoparticles were shown to be formed on the carbon polyhedral structures and nanocapsules as a result of laser exposure to the carbon black suspensions in H2PtCl6 aqueous solution. Phase composition of nickel-carbon and cobalt-carbon core-shell structures was identified.