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Dr. Torben Nilsson Pingel 
torben.nilsson.pingel[at]chalmers.se

Biography
Torben received a diploma degree in physics from Kiel University (Germany) in 2011, specialising in solid state and surface physics and investigating organic molecules on semiconductor surfaces using scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM). He then moved to Gothenburg (Sweden) and started working as a doctoral student at the Chalmers University of Technology. His PhD degree was earned in 2017 under the supervision of Eva Olsson for studies of the structure and ageing of supported nanoparticle catalysts, mainly using various electron microscopy techniques ((S)TEM, SEM, FIB/SEM). Torben is now a postdoctoral researcher in the Eva Olsson Group, where he focuses on 3D imaging of soft materials.

Research Interests
3D structure of soft materials
  • Focused ion beam / scanning electron microscopy (FIB/SEM) slice and view imaging
  • Electron tomography
  • Interconnectivity of porous networks
Nanoparticle catalysts
  • High-resolution scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) imaging
  • Chemical characterisation using X-ray spectroscopy (EDX)
  • Relation between nanoparticle structures and their catalytic properties
  • Thermal and chemical deactivation of nanoparticle catalysts
  • Influence of site-specific strain in nanoparticles on their catalytic properties

Publications  
  • Nilsson Pingel, T., Jørgensen, M., Yankovich, A. B., Grönbeck, H., Olsson, E.: "Influence of atomic site-specific strain on catalytic activity of supported nanoparticles", Nature Communications 9, 2722 (2018).
    www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-05055-1 (Open access)
 
  • Nilsson Pingel, T., Fouladvand, S., Heggen, M., Dunin-Borkowski, R. E., Jäger, W., Westenberger, P., Phifer, D., McNeil, J., Skoglundh, M., Grönbeck, H., Olsson, E.: “Three-Dimensional Probing of Catalyst Ageing on Different Length Scales: A Case Study of Changes in Microstructure and Activity for CO Oxidation of a Pt–Pd/Al2O3 Catalyst”, ChemCatChem 9, 3544 (2017).
    onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/cctc.201700479 (Open access)
 
  • Shishkin, A., Shwan, S., Nilsson Pingel, T., Olsson, E., Clemens, A., Carlsson, P.-A., Härelind, H., Skoglundh, M.: “Functionalization of SSZ-13 and Fe-beta with copper by NH3 and NO facilitated solid-state ion-exchange”, Catalysts 7, art. no. 232 (2017) .
    www.mdpi.com/2073-4344/7/8/232 (Open access)

  • Nilsson Pingel, T.: “Quantitative Electron Microscopy Studies of Metal Nanoparticle Catalysts: Nanostructure, Support Interaction and Ageing Effects", PhD thesis (2017).
    research.chalmers.se/en/publication/?id=251556 (Open access)

  • Tabib Zadeh Adibi, P., Pingel, T., Olsson, E., Grönbeck, H., Langhammer, C.: ”Pt nanoparticle sintering and redispersion on a heterogeneous nanostructured support”, Journal of Physical Chemistry C 120, 14918 (2016).
    pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b03874

  • Tabib Zadeh Adibi, P., Pingel, T., Olsson, E., Grönbeck, H., Langhammer, C.: ”Plasmonic Nanospectroscopy of Platinum Catalyst Nanoparticle Sintering in a Mesoporous Alumina Support”, ACS Nano 10, 5063 (2016).
    pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsnano.5b07861

  • Pingel, T., Skoglundh, M., Grönbeck, H., Olsson, E.: “Revealing local variations in nanoparticle size distributions in supported catalysts: A generic TEM specimen preparation method”, Journal of Microscopy 260, 125 (2015).
    onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jmi.12274

  • Wadell, C., Pingel, T., Olsson, E., Zorić, I., Zhdanov, V. P., Langhammer, C.: ”Thermodynamics of hydride formation and decomposition in supported sub-10 nm Pd nanoparticles of different sizes”, Chemical Physics Letters 603, 75 (2014).
    www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0009261414003169

  • Gruyters, M., Pingel, T., Berndt, R.: ”MOCVD of Fe atoms on H/Si(111) surfaces using Fe-phthalocyanine”, Applied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing 114, 363 (2014).
    link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00339-013-8177-2

  • Bounechada, D., Fouladvand, S., Kylhammar, L., Pingel, T., Olsson, E., Skoglundh, M., Gustafson, J., Di Michiel, M., Newton, M. A., Carlsson, P.-A.: “Mechanisms behind sulfur promoted oxidation of methane”, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 15, 8648 (2013).
    pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2013/CP/c3cp44289f#

  • Fouladvand, S., Schernich, S., Libuda, J., Grönbeck, H., Pingel, T., Olsson, E., Skoglundh, M., Carlsson, P.-A.: “Methane oxidation over Pd supported on ceria-alumina under rich/lean cycling conditions”, Topics in Catalysis 56, 410 (2013).
    link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11244-013-9988-2

  • Gruyters, M., Pingel, T., Berndt, R.: ”Subsurface sites of Fe in H/Si(111) studied by scanning tunneling microscopy”, Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics 87, art. no. 165405, (2013) .
    journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.87.165405

  • Kannisto, H., Arve, K., Pingel, T., Hellman, A., Härelind, H., Eränen, K., Olsson, E., Skoglundh, M., Murzin, D. Yu.: “On the performance of Ag/Al2O3 as a HC-SCR catalyst-influence of silver loading, morphology and nature of the reductant”, Catalysis Science and Technology 3, 644 (2013).
    pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2013/CY/C2CY20594G#

  • Auvray, X., Pingel, T., Olsson, E., Olsson, L.: “The effect gas composition during thermal aging on the dispersion and NO oxidation activity over Pt/Al2O3 catalysts”, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 129, 517 (2013).
    www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0926337312004705

  • Gruyters, M., Pingel, T., Gopakumar, T.G., Néel, N., Schütt, Ch., Köhler, F., Herges, R., Berndt, R.: ”Electronic ground-state and orbital ordering of iron phthalocyanine on H/Si(111) unraveled by spatially resolved tunneling spectroscopy”, Journal of Physical Chemistry C 116, 20882 (2012).
    pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jp3058433
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