Schnadt, J and Michaelides, A and Knudsen, J and Vang, RT and Reuter, K and Laegsgaard, E and Scheffler, M and Besenbacher, F (2006) Revisiting the structure of the p(4x4) surface oxide on Ag(111). PHYS REV LETT , 96 (14) , Article 146101. 10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.146101.
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Abstract
Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and density-functional theory are used to reexamine the structure of the renowned p(4x4)-O/Ag(111) surface oxide. The accepted structural model [C. I. Carlisle , Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 3899 (2000)] is incompatible with the enhanced resolution of the current STM measurements. An "Ag-6 model" is proposed that is more stable than its predecessor and accounts for the coexistence of the p(4x4) and a novel c(3x5 root 3)rect phase. This coexistence is an indication of the dynamic complexity of the system that until now has not been appreciated.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Revisiting the structure of the p(4x4) surface oxide on Ag(111) |
| Open access status: | An open access publication. A version is also available from UCL Discovery. |
| DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.146101 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.146101 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2006 The American Physical Society |
| Keywords: | OXYGEN, CHEMISORPTION, MICROSCOPE, TRANSITION, ADSORPTION, INSIGHTS, FILM |
| UCL classification: | UCL > School of BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > London Centre for Nanotechnology |
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