OXYGEN-INDUCED FACETING ON CU(115)

Authors
REITER S TAGLAUER E
Citation
S. Reiter et E. Taglauer, OXYGEN-INDUCED FACETING ON CU(115), Surface science, 367(1), 1996, pp. 33-39
Citations number
38
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Physical
Journal title
Surface science → ACNP
ISSN journal
00396028
Volume
367
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
33 - 39
Database
ISI
SICI code
0039-6028(1996)367:1<33:OFOC>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
We report on the faceting of Cu(115) surfaces upon oxygen adsorption, as studied by scanning tunnelling microscopy. For temperatures around 500 K, during or after oxygen adsorption, pronounced faceting into (10 4), (014) and (113) facets is observed. Details of the facet structure s were analyzed. The (113) facet exhibits an additional reconstruction which can be described as a c(7 x 12) superstructure. The development of Cu-O-Cu atomic chains is suggested to be the driving force for the oxygen-induced surface reconstruction.