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TY - JOUR
T1 - Direct observation of local chemical surface properties by scanning tunneling microscopy
AU - Hoster, Harry E.
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Vapor deposited Pt films with a thickness locally varying between one and two atomic layers on Ru(0001) are studied as model surfaces with a well-defined lateral variation of the chemical properties. These are probed by reversible CO adsorption at 300 K and with CO pressures in the range p(CO)=10(-10) ... 10(-5) mbar under real-time STM observation. Upon exposure to 10-5 mbar CO, no densely packed adlayer is formed on the areas with a local thickness of one atomic layer, whereas a c(4x2) adlayer containing 0.5 CO molecules per surface atom is reversibly formed on areas with locally two atomic layers of Pt. Based on experimental and theoretical data points and parameters from the literature we calculate adsorption isotherms for Pt(111) and the two Ru(0001) supported Pt thin films at 300 K. For all three surfaces, STM observations on CO adsorption are found to be fully consistent with the respective isotherms.
AB - Vapor deposited Pt films with a thickness locally varying between one and two atomic layers on Ru(0001) are studied as model surfaces with a well-defined lateral variation of the chemical properties. These are probed by reversible CO adsorption at 300 K and with CO pressures in the range p(CO)=10(-10) ... 10(-5) mbar under real-time STM observation. Upon exposure to 10-5 mbar CO, no densely packed adlayer is formed on the areas with a local thickness of one atomic layer, whereas a c(4x2) adlayer containing 0.5 CO molecules per surface atom is reversibly formed on areas with locally two atomic layers of Pt. Based on experimental and theoretical data points and parameters from the literature we calculate adsorption isotherms for Pt(111) and the two Ru(0001) supported Pt thin films at 300 K. For all three surfaces, STM observations on CO adsorption are found to be fully consistent with the respective isotherms.
KW - Bimetallic Surfaces
KW - Adsorption
KW - Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
KW - CARBON-MONOXIDE
KW - CO ADSORPTION
KW - PT-RU
KW - HETEROGENEOUS CATALYSIS
KW - METAL-SURFACES
KW - PT(111)
KW - ALLOYS
KW - ELECTROOXIDATION
KW - REACTIVITY
KW - OXIDATION
U2 - 10.1063/1.4730676
DO - 10.1063/1.4730676
M3 - Journal article
VL - 1454
SP - 9
EP - 14
JO - AIP Conference Proceedings
JF - AIP Conference Proceedings
SN - 0094-243X
IS - 9
T2 - International Conference on Physics and Its Applications (ICPAP)
Y2 - 10 November 2011 through 11 November 2011
ER -