The interaction of oxygen and platinum on W(110)

Autor: R. A. Demmin, T. E. Madey
Rok vydání: 1989
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Zdroj: Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces, and Films. 7:1954-1960
ISSN: 1520-8559
0734-2101
DOI: 10.1116/1.575992
Popis: Low‐energy electron diffraction (LEED) and Auger electron spectroscopy have been used to characterize Pt overlayers coadsorbed with oxygen on W(110). Previous work has shown that multilayers of Pt alone will cluster into three‐dimensional crystallites of bulk Pt when annealed, leaving a pseudomorphic monolayer of Pt covering the W(110) surface. When oxygen is present on the surface, the monolayer of Pt is no longer stable. Annealing a W(110) surface on which both Pt and oxygen are adsorbed causes nearly all of the Pt to agglomerate into clusters as the oxygen largely replaces the monolayer on the surface. The presence of the Pt clusters reduces the temperature required for desorption of oxygen, however, and the Pt spreads across the W surface as the oxygen is removed. The complex LEED patterns observed when coadsorbed oxygen and Pt are annealed and the changes in the temperature required for desorption of oxygen suggest that there is an interaction between the two adsorbates and that there is not complete...
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