Observation of clean and oxygen-adsorbed Pt(113) surfaces by scanning tunneling microscopy

Toshiro Yamanaka, Qi Kun Xue, Kazushi Kimura, Tatsuo Matsushima, Yukio Hasegawa, Toshio Sakurai

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Abstract

Clean and oxygen-adsorbed platinum (113) surfaces were studied at room temperature by scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). It was found that a clean surface was reconstructed into a (1 × 2) missing row structure. Significant facetting was observed at the initial stage of annealing at 1150 K; however, wider (113) terraces were obtained after annealing for a longer time. After adsorption of atomic oxygen, the protruding atomic rows running in the [11̄0] direction were separated by many dark nodes. The intervals of the nodes ranged from 6 to 9 A, which corresponded to two or three times the atomic distance along the rows, suggesting that oxygen atoms were adsorbed at these intervals.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3562-3565
Number of pages4
JournalJapanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 1: Regular Papers and Short Notes and Review Papers
Volume39
Issue number6 A
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2000
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Oxygen
  • Platinum
  • Scanning tunneling microscope
  • Stepped single-crystal surface
  • Surface structure

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Engineering(all)
  • Physics and Astronomy(all)

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