Spontaneous oxidation of Mg atoms at defect sites in an MgO surface

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 115, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 3684-3687

  Benedetti, Stefania ^a   Nilius, Niklas ^b   Myrach, Philipp ^b   Valenti, Ilaria ^c   Freund, Hans Joachim ^b   Valeri, Sergio ^a,c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b FRITZ HABER INSTITUT DER MAX PLANCK GESELLSCHAFT   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFECT LINES; DEFECT SITES; LINE DEFECTS; METAL-SUPPORTS; MGO FILMS; MGO SURFACES; OXIDATION POWER; SCANNING TUNNELLING MICROSCOPY; TRAPPING POTENTIAL;

ADSORPTION; AGGLOMERATION; CHARGE TRANSFER; DEFECT DENSITY; DEFECTS; ION EXCHANGE; LATTICE MISMATCH; MOLYBDENUM; MOLYBDENUM OXIDE; OXIDATION; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SILVER; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

OXIDE FILMS;

EID: 79952306980     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp1100158     Document Type: Article

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