Observation of a novel high density 3O(2 × 2) structure on Ru(001)

K. L. Kostov; M. Gsell; P. Jakob; T. Moritz; W. Widdra; D. Menzel

doi:10.1016/S0039-6028(97)00787-5

Observation of a novel high density 3O(2 × 2) structure on Ru(001)

K. L. Kostov, M. Gsell, P. Jakob, T. Moritz, W. Widdra, D. Menzel

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Abstract

High-resolution electron energy loss spectroscopy and scanning tunneling microscopy have been applied to identify and characterize a novel high density phase of oxygen adsorbed on Ru(001). Three oxygen atoms per (2 × 2) unit cell are arranged such that a (2 × 2) vacancy superstructure is formed. Atomically resolved STM images clearly establish the existence of such a phase. The ordered layer is characterized by a sharp (2 × 2) superstructure as seen by low energy electron diffraction. Two dipole active energy losses were found for the 3O(2 × 2) layer at 0.75 ML and interpreted as the in-phase oxygen to metal stretching vibration and the totally symmetric eigenmode consisting of frustrated translations of three next-neighbor oxygen atoms towards each other. The vibrational modes of this novel structure are compared to data for oxygen coverages in the range 0.5-1 ML.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	L138-L144
Journal	Surface Science
Volume	394
Issue number	1-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0039-6028(97)00787-5
State	Published - 19 Dec 1997

Keywords

Chemisorption
Electron energy loss spectroscopy
Low index single crystal surface
Oxygen
Ruthenium
Scanning tunneling microscopy
Vibrations of adsorbed molecules

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