NEW APPROACH TO HIGH-RESOLUTION ELECTRON-ENERGY-LOSS SPECTROSCOPY OF POLAR MATERIALS - STUDIES OF WATER AND METHANOL ADSORPTION ON ULTRATHIN MGO(100) FILMS

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WU, MC
ESTRADA, CA
GOODMAN, DW
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.67.2910
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A novel approach to the application of high-resolution electron-energy-loss spectroscopy to polar materials is demonstrated in this Letter. By using a high-impact-energy beam and an off-specular scattering geometry, losses due to excitation of the adsorbates are.observed in the 1000-4000-cm-1 range with little interference from the intense losses due to multiple surface optical phonons (Fuchs-Kliewer modes). Adsorption of water and methanol on ultrathin MgO(100) films on Mo(100) have been studied using this new approach.
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