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most citedStoichiometric reconstruction of the AlO(0001) surface

68 citations · 132 across the 24 of their papers we have counts for

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25 papers

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

The absence of a central metal ion destabilizes phthalocyanine on InO(111)

Viktoria Waidbacher, Sarah Tobisch, Faith J. Lewis +5

Metal phthalocyanines (MPc) are a versatile molecular platform for applications ranging from organic optoelectronic devices to single-atom catalysis (SAC). Their adsorption and lay…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Water adsorption on a model silicate surface: wollastonite (100)

Luca Lezuo, Andrea Conti, Alexander Hoheneder +7

Water adsorption on silicate surfaces is a critical yet poorly understood process relevant to, e.g., mineral weathering and cement hydration. This study investigates the structure…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Photoexcited Hole States at the SrTiO3(001) Surface Imaged with Noncontact AFM

Igor Sokolovic, Florian Ellinger, Aji Alexander +8

The behaviour of excess charges in ionic lattices, such as the formation of polarons and charge trapping at defect sites, influences the physical and chemical properties of materia…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

The Unreconstructed α-AlO(0001) Surface is Inhomogeneous and Rough

Johanna I. Hütner-Reisch, Andrea Conti, David Kugler +4

Alumina (AlO) is a key material for thin-film growth and heterogeneous catalysis, where the atomic surface structure critically impacts performance. Using noncontact at…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

CO on a Rh/Fe3O4 single-atom catalyst: high-resolution infrared spectroscopy and near-ambient-pressure scanning tunnelling microscopy

Nail El Hocine Barama, Chunlei Wang, Panukorn Sombut +14

Infrared reflection absorption spectroscopy (IRAS) offers a powerful route to bridging the materials and pressure gaps between surface science and powder catalysis. Using a newly d…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Hydrogen Activation via Dihydride Formation on a Rh1/Fe3O4(001) Single-Atom Catalyst

Chunlei Wang, Panukorn Sombut, Lena Puntscher +10

Hydrogen activation is a key elementary step in catalytic hydrogenation. In heterogeneous catalysis, it usually proceeds through dissociative adsorption on metal nanoparticles foll…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025★ 1 cited

Structural Optimization in Tensor LEED Using a Parameter Tree and -Factor Gradients

Alexander M. Imre, Paul Haidegger, Florian Kraushofer +10

Quantitative low-energy electron diffraction [LEED ] is a powerful method for surface-structure determination, based on a direct comparison of experimentally observed …

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

An improved reliability factor for quantitative low-energy electron diffraction

Alexander M. Imre, Lutz Hammer, Ulrike Diebold +2

Quantitative low-energy electron diffraction [LEED or LEED , the evaluation of diffraction intensities as a function of the electron energy] is a versatile techniq…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

When Surface Dynamics Fakes Symmetry -- Oxygen on Rh(100) Revisited

Lutz Hammer, Tilman Kißlinger, Margareta Wagner +4

Heating a long-range ordered adsorbate phase beyond its stability temperature does not necessarily result in a disordered phase, it can also break up into heavily fluctuating order…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025★ 2 cited

Molecular Arrangements in the First Monolayer of Cu-Phthalocyanine on InO(111)

Matthias Blatnik, Fabio Calcinelli, Andreas Jeindl +6

Well-ordered organic molecular layers on oxide surfaces are key for organic electronics. Using a combination of scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and non-contact atomic force mic…

physics.chem-ph2025

Multi-Technique Characterization of Rhodium Gem-Dicarbonyls on TiO(110)

Moritz Eder, Faith J. Lewis, Johanna I. Hütner +12

Gem-dicarbonyls of transition metals supported on metal (oxide) surfaces are common intermediates in heterogeneous catalysis. While infrared (IR) spectroscopy is a standard tool fo…

eess.IV2025

Total Variation-Based Image Decomposition and Denoising for Microscopy Images

Marco Corrias, Giada Franceschi, Michele Riva +5

Experimentally acquired microscopy images are unavoidably affected by the presence of noise and other unwanted signals, which degrade their quality and might hide relevant features…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024

How to cleave cubic perovskite oxides

Igor Sokolović, Michael Schmid, Ulrike Diebold +1

Surfaces of cubic perovskite oxides attract significant attention for their physical tunability and high potential for technical applications. Bulk-terminated surfaces are desirabl…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024★ 8 cited

ViPErLEED package I: Calculation of curves and structural optimization

Florian Kraushofer, Alexander M. Imre, Giada Franceschi +6

Low-energy electron diffraction (LEED) is a widely used technique in surface-science. Yet, it is rarely used to its full potential. The quantitative information about the surface s…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024★ 9 cited

Digging its own Site: Linear Coordination Stabilizes a Pt1/Fe2O3 Single-Atom Catalyst

Ali Rafsanjani-Abbasi, Florian Buchner, Faith J. Lewis +15

Determining the local coordination of the active site is a pre-requisite for the reliable modeling of single-atom catalysts (SACs). Obtaining such information is difficult on powde…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024★ 9 cited

ViPErLEED package II: Spot tracking, extraction and processing of I(V) curves

Michael Schmid, Florian Kraushofer, Alexander M. Imre +4

As part of the ViPErLEED project (Vienna package for Erlangen LEED, low-energy electron diffraction), computer programs have been developed for facile and user-friendly data extrac…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024

Quantitative measurement of cooperative binding in partially dissociated water dimers at the hematite R-cut surface

Paul T. P. Ryan, Panukorn Sombut, Ali Rafsanjani Abbasi +7

Water-solid interfaces pervade the natural environment and modern technology. On some surfaces, water-water interactions induce the formation of partially dissociated interfacial l…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024★ 4 cited

A Multi-Technique Study of C2H4 Adsorption on a Model Single-Atom Rh1 Catalyst

Chunlei Wang, Panukorn Sombut, Lena Puntscher +9

Single-atom catalysts are potentially ideal model systems to investigate structure-function relationships in catalysis, if the active sites can be uniquely determined. In this work…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024★ 4 cited

Duality and degeneracy lifting in two-dimensional electron liquids on SrTiO(001)

Igor Sokolović, Eduardo B. Guedes, Thomas P. van Waas +7

Two-dimensional electron liquids (2DELs) have increasing technological relevance for ultrafast electronics and spintronics, yet significant gaps in their fundamental understanding…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024★ 68 cited

Stoichiometric reconstruction of the AlO(0001) surface

Johanna I. Hütner, Andrea Conti, David Kugler +5

Macroscopic properties of materials stem from fundamental atomic-scale details, yet for insulators, resolving surface structures remains a challenge. The basal (0001) plane of -…

cond-mat.mes-hall2024★ 10 cited

NH adsorption and competition with HO on a hydroxylated aluminosilicate surface

Giada Franceschi, Andrea Conti, Luca Lezuo +4

The interaction between ammonia (NH) and (alumino)silicates is of fundamental and applied importance, yet the specifics of NH adsorption on silicate surfaces remain largely…

physics.optics2024★ 9 cited

Infrared Reflection Absorption Spectroscopy Setup with Incidence Angle Selection for Surfaces of Non-Metals

David Rath, Vojtěch Mikerásek, Chunlei Wang +5

Infrared Reflection Absorption Spectroscopy (IRAS) on dielectric single crystals is challenging because the optimal incidence angles for light-adsorbate interaction coincide with r…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024★ 1 cited

Machine Learning Based Prediction of Polaron-Vacancy Patterns on the TiO(110) Surface

Viktor C. Birschitzky, Igor Sokolovic, Michael Prezzi +5

The multifaceted physics of oxides is shaped by their composition and the presence of defects, which are often accompanied by the formation of polarons. The simultaneous presence o…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2023★ 7 cited

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…