Ra. Bennett et al., Two (1 x 2) reconstructions of TiO2(110): Surface rearrangement and reactivity studied using elevated temperature scanning tunneling microscopy, PHYS REV L, 82(19), 1999, pp. 3831-3834
We have employed elevated temperature scanning tunneling microscopy to eluc
idate the reactivity and surface structure of the (1 x 2) reconstructed TiO
2(110) surface. We find two distinctly different ordered surface reconstruc
tions depending upon the level of bulk reduction of the crystal (degree of
nonstoichiometry). On the near stoichiometric surface reactivity to oxygen
is low and attributed to the formation of the stable Ti2O3 type termination
. For heavily reduced crystals a cross-linked (1 x 2) reconstruction forms
with high activity to oxygen resulting in a well-defined cyclic reaction (T
iO2 growth).