The detailed structure of silica and germania films supported on Ru(0001) metal substrates are compared to each other. Surface science techniques together with density functional theory calculations have been used to gain insights into the atomic arrangement of these prominent glass-forming materials. The monolayer films of these materials both show predominantly crystalline hexagonal lattices with characteristic domain boundary structures. For the germania monolayer films a large variety of ring elements within domain boundaries have been observed. Density functional calculations predict stronger interaction with the metal substrate for bilayer germania as compared to bilayer silica films. Scanning tunneling microscopy images with atomically resolved structural features have given access to silica and germania bilayer film structures. Both bilayer films form characteristic amorphous ring structures. However, the germania bilayer films appear to be more corrugated, pointing to a stronger interaction with the metal support thus giving rise to slightly different connectivity rules.

Lewandowski, A., Schlexer, P., Tosoni, S., Gura, L., Marschalik, P., Buchner, C., et al. (2019). Determination of Silica and Germania Film Network Structures on Ru(0001) at the Atomic Scale. JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY. C, 123(13), 7889-7897 [10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b07110].

Determination of Silica and Germania Film Network Structures on Ru(0001) at the Atomic Scale

Schlexer P.;Tosoni S.;Pacchioni G.;
2019

Abstract

The detailed structure of silica and germania films supported on Ru(0001) metal substrates are compared to each other. Surface science techniques together with density functional theory calculations have been used to gain insights into the atomic arrangement of these prominent glass-forming materials. The monolayer films of these materials both show predominantly crystalline hexagonal lattices with characteristic domain boundary structures. For the germania monolayer films a large variety of ring elements within domain boundaries have been observed. Density functional calculations predict stronger interaction with the metal substrate for bilayer germania as compared to bilayer silica films. Scanning tunneling microscopy images with atomically resolved structural features have given access to silica and germania bilayer film structures. Both bilayer films form characteristic amorphous ring structures. However, the germania bilayer films appear to be more corrugated, pointing to a stronger interaction with the metal support thus giving rise to slightly different connectivity rules.
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2019
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Lewandowski, A., Schlexer, P., Tosoni, S., Gura, L., Marschalik, P., Buchner, C., et al. (2019). Determination of Silica and Germania Film Network Structures on Ru(0001) at the Atomic Scale. JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY. C, 123(13), 7889-7897 [10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b07110].
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