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2015 (English)In: Surface Science, ISSN 0039-6028, E-ISSN 1879-2758, Vol. 633, p. 102-108Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
This study presents how a TiO2(B) film exposing the (001) face can be grown on Au(111) by chemical vapor deposition. Identification and characterization of the TiO2(B)(001) layer are carried out with low-energy electron diffraction (LEED), synchrotron radiation photoelectron spectroscopy (PES), scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS). Formation of the TiO2(B) film requires a two-step preparation procedure: deposition at 280 °C followed by annealing to 500 °C. This suggests that the interaction between a substrate and an overlayer stabilizes the TiO2(B) film, preventing the formation of thermodynamically more stable rutile islands. The study thus gives insight into how the morphology and the atomic structure of the titania overlayer can be controlled.
Keywords
TiO2, Au(111), CVD, titania, gold
National Category
Condensed Matter Physics Atom and Molecular Physics and Optics
Research subject
Physics with spec. in Atomic, Molecular and Condensed Matter Physics
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-224091 (URN)10.1016/j.susc.2014.10.011 (DOI)000348336000015 ()
2014-05-042014-05-022017-12-05Bibliographically approved