Ion implantation has been used to dope single-crystal TiO2(110) in the
near-surface region, The Sb dopant quenches an electronic state at ab
out 1 eV binding energy usually observed in photoemission from undoped
TiO2 and produces a new electronic surface state toward the bottom of
the bulk bandgap. This is attributed to a 5s-5p hybrid orbital locali
sed on surface Sb ions.