Surface Structures of Rutile TiO (011).

Surface structures of rutile TiO (011) are determined by a combination of noncontact atomic force microscopy (NC-AFM), scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), and density functional calculations. The surface exhibits rowlike (n × 1) structures running along the [01¯1] direction. Microfaceting missing-r...

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Publicado en:Journal of the American Chemical Society Vol. 129; no. 34; pp. 10474 - 10479
Autores principales: Toshitaka Kubo, Hideo Orita, Hisakazu Nozoye
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: American Chemical Society 8/29/2007
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Sumario:Surface structures of rutile TiO (011) are determined by a combination of noncontact atomic force microscopy (NC-AFM), scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), and density functional calculations. The surface exhibits rowlike (n × 1) structures running along the [01¯1] direction. Microfaceting missing-row structural models can explain the experimental results very well. Calculated images for NC-AFM and STM are in good agreement with the experimental results. A decrease of the density of dangling bonds stabilizes the surface energy, which results in the microfaceting missing-row reconstructions.