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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
  • Technical University of Munich
  • Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

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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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)L138-L144
JournalSurface Science
Volume394
Issue number1-3
DOIs
StatePublished - 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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