Interaction of nanostructured metal overlayers with oxide surfaces

Q Fu, T Wagner - Surface science reports, 2007 - Elsevier
Interactions between metals and oxides are key factors to determine the performance of
metal/oxide heterojunctions, particularly in nanotechnology, where the miniaturization of …

Structure of Clean and Adsorbate-Covered Single-Crystal Rutile TiO2 Surfaces

CL Pang, R Lindsay, G Thornton - Chemical reviews, 2013 - ACS Publications
TiO 2 is exploited in a number of applications, including solar power, catalysis, gas sensing,
and corrosion protection, where surface properties are central to operation. This commercial …

Intrinsic Nature of the Excess Electron Distribution at the Surface

P Krüger, J Jupille, S Bourgeois, B Domenichini… - Physical review …, 2012 - APS
The gap state that appears upon reduction of TiO 2 plays a key role in many of titania's
interesting properties but its origin and spatial localization have remained unclear. In the …

Transition from monolayer-thick 2D to 3D nano-clusters on α-Al 2 O 3 (0001)

R Lazzari, J Goniakowski, G Cabailh, R Cavallotti… - Nanoscale, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
This paper reports on the long-standing puzzle of the atomic structure of the Ag/α-Al2O3
(0001) interface by combining X-ray absorption spectroscopy, to determine Ag local …

XPS and UPS study of Na deposition on thin film V2O5

QH Wu, A Thißen, W Jaegermann - Applied surface science, 2005 - Elsevier
The deposition of Na on thin film V2O5 has been study by using photoelectron spectroscopy.
Vanadium ions are strongly reduced due to the deposition of Na. Three kinds of Na species …

Photoelectron spectroscopic study of Li oxides on Li over-deposited V2O5 thin film surfaces

QH Wu, A Thissen, W Jaegermann - Applied surface science, 2005 - Elsevier
The Li oxides species formed on Li over-deposited V2O5 thin film surfaces have been
studied by using X-ray and UV induced photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS and UPS). The …

Adsorption and Reaction of SO2 with a Polycrystalline UO2 Film:  Promotion of S−O Bond Cleavage by Creation of O-Defects and Na or Ca Coadsorption

TW Schlereth, MN Hedhili, BV Yakshinskiy… - The Journal of …, 2005 - ACS Publications
To characterize UO2 for its possible use in desulfurization applications, the interactions of
molecular sulfur dioxide (SO2) with a polycrystalline uranium dioxide film have been studied …

First-row transition metal atoms adsorption on rutile TiO2(110) surface

Z Helali, A Markovits, C Minot, M Abderrabba - Structural Chemistry, 2012 - Springer
We performed periodic DFT calculations for adsorption of metal atoms on a perfect rutile TiO
2 (110) surface (at low coverage, θ= 1/3) to investigate the interaction of an individual metal …

Growth of two-dimensional lithium islands on CaO (001) thin films

X Shao, Y Cui, WD Schneider, N Nilius… - The Journal of …, 2012 - ACS Publications
The nucleation and growth behavior of lithium on a CaO/Mo (001) thin film has been
investigated by means of scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy. The Li follows …

Experimental and theoretical evidence for substitutional molybdenum atoms in the subsurface

B Domenichini, G Andrea Rizzi, P Krüger… - Physical Review B …, 2006 - APS
Molybdenum was deposited at room temperature on the TiO 2 (110) surface in the 0–1.3
equivalent monolayer (eqML) range and was then annealed at 400° C in order to reach a …