Antiphase boundaries accumulation forming a new C60 decoupled crystallographic phase on the rutile TiO2(110)-(1 x 1) surface

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 47, 2014, Pages 27318-27324

  Sánchez Sánchez, Carlos ^a,c   Martínez, José I ^a   Lanzilotto, Valeria ^b,d   Méndez, Javier ^a   Martín Gago, José A ^a   López, María F ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b LABORATORIO TASC   (Italy)

^c SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; MOLECULES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

ANTIPHASE BOUNDARIES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC PHASE; DECOUPLED SYSTEM; LARGE UNIT CELL; LONG-RANGE STRUCTURES; MOLECULE SUBSTRATE INTERACTIONS; ORGANIC-INORGANIC INTERFACE; STRUCTURE AND ENERGETICS;

OXIDE MINERALS;

EID: 84913556434     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp5070962     Document Type: Article

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