Structure determination of Au on Pt(111) surface: LEED, STM and DFT study

Materials

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 2935-2952

  Krupski, Katarzyna ^a   Moors, Marco ^b   Jóźwik, Paweł ^c   Kobiela, Tomasz ^d   Krupski, Aleksander ^a,c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c MILITARY UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^d WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Platinum; Density functional theory calculations; Gold; Low index single crystal surface; Low energy electron diffraction; Metal metal interfaces; Metallic surfaces; Scanning tunneling microscopy; Surface structure

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ATOMS; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ELECTRONS; GOLD; GOLD DEPOSITS; LOW ENERGY ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; MONOLAYERS; PLATINUM; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SINGLE CRYSTAL SURFACES; SURFACE STRUCTURE;

ADSORPTION ENERGIES; INTERLAYER SPACINGS; LOW INDEX SINGLE CRYSTAL SURFACES; METAL-METAL INTERFACES; METALLIC SURFACE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STRUCTURE DETERMINATION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL GROWTH;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

EID: 84936803256     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ma8062935     Document Type: Article

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