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Evolution of the surface atomic structure of multielement oxide films: curse or blessing?
Giada Franceschi, Renè Heller, Michael Schmid +2
Atomically resolved scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) are used to gain atomic-scale insights into the heteroepitaxy of lanthanum-stront…
How water binds to microcline feldspar (001)
Giada Franceschi, Andrea Conti, Luca Lezuo +4
Microcline feldspar (KAlSiO) is a common mineral with important roles for Earth's ecological balance. It participates in the carbon, potassium, and water cycles, contributi…
Interaction of surface cations of cleaved mica with water in vapor and liquid forms
Giada Franceschi, Sebastian Brandstetter, Jan Balajka +5
Natural minerals contain ions that become hydrated when they come into contact with water in vapor and liquid forms. Muscovite mica -- a common phyllosilicate with perfect cleavage…
Resolving the intrinsic short-range ordering of K ions on cleaved muscovite mica
Giada Franceschi, Pavel Kocán, Andrea Conti +8
Muscovite mica, KAl(SiAl)O(OH), is a common layered phyllosilicate with perfect cleavage planes. The atomically flat surfaces obtained through cleaving lend them…
Reconstruction changes drive surface diffusion and determine the flatness of oxide surfaces
Giada Franceschi, Michael Schmid, Ulrike Diebold +1
Surface diffusion on metal oxides is key in many areas of materials technology, yet it has been scarcely explored at the atomic scale. This work provides phenomenological insights…
Oxygen-Terminated (1x1) Reconstruction of Reduced Magnetite FeO(111)
Florian Kraushofer, Matthias Meier, Zdeněk Jakub +7
The (111) facet of magnetite (FeO) has been studied extensively by experimental and theoretical methods, but controversy remains regarding the structure of its low-energy s…
A study of Pt, Rh, Ni and Ir dispersion on anatase TiO2(101) and the role of water
Lena Puntscher, Kevin Daninger, Michael Schmid +2
Understanding how metal atoms are stabilized on metal oxide supports is important for predicting the stability of single-atom catalysts. In this study, we use scanning tunnelling m…
Adsorption configurations of Co-phthalocyanine on In2O3(111)
Margareta Wagner, Fabio Calcinelli, Andreas Jeindl +3
Indium oxide offers optical transparency paired with electric conductivity, a combination required in many optoelectronic applications. The most-stable In2O3(111) surface has a lar…
Water Structures Reveal Local Hydrophobicity on the In2O3(111) Surface
Hao Chen, Matthias A. Blatnik, Christian L. Ritterhoff +9
Clean oxide surfaces are generally hydrophilic. Water molecules anchor at undercoordinated surface metal atoms that act as Lewis-acid sites, and they are stabilized by H bonds to u…
A Multi-Technique Study of C2H4 Adsorption on Fe3O4(001)
Lena Puntscher, Panukorn Sombut, Chunlei Wang +10
The adsorption/desorption of ethene (C2H4), also commonly known as ethylene, on Fe3O4(001) was studied under ultrahigh vacuum conditions using temperature programmed desorption (TP…
Real-space investigation of polarons in hematite Fe2O3
Jesus Redondo, Michele Reticcioli, Vit Gabriel +17
In polarizable materials, electronic charge carriers interact with the surrounding ions, leading to quasiparticle behaviour. The resulting polarons play a central role in many mate…