INTERRELATIONSHIP OF STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS ON TIO2(100)-(1X3)

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作者
MURRAY, PW [1 ]
LEIBSLE, FM [1 ]
MURYN, CA [1 ]
FISHER, HJ [1 ]
FLIPSE, CFJ [1 ]
THORNTON, G [1 ]
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[1] UNIV MANCHESTER,DEPT CHEM,MANCHESTER M13 9PL,LANCS,ENGLAND
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.72.689
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) has been used to investigate the interaction of nanoscale structural elements associated with rutile TiO2(100)-(1 x 3). These are the 1 x 3 reconstruction, vicinal off-cut steps in the [001] direction, and up-down steps in the [010] direction. The STM data image the microfacet morphology of the 1 x 3 reconstruction suggested by diffraction measurements. They also provide an explanation for the stabilization of the up-down steps by the vicinal off-cut, which involves maximizing the area of the (110) microfacets at the expense of high-energy (001) step edges.
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