Modulation of surface reactivity via electron confinement in metal quantum well films: O2 adsorption on PbSi(111)

Pb quantum well films with atomic-scale uniformity in thickness over macroscopic areas were prepared on Si(111)-7x7 surfaces. As a probe molecule, O(2) was used to explore the effect of electron confinement in the metal films on the surface reactivity. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy results showed clear oscillations of oxygen adsorption and Pb oxidation with the thickness of the Pb films. The higher reactivity to O(2) on the films with 23 and 25 ML Pb has been attributed to their highest occupied quantum well states being close to the Fermi level (E(F)) and the high density of the electron states at E(F) (DOS-E(F)), as evidenced by the corresponding ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy. A dominant role of DOS-E(F) was suggested to explain the quantum modulation of surface reactivity in metal quantum well films.     

Quantum size effect directed selective self-assembling of cobalt phthalocyanine on Pb(111) thin films

Adsorption and self-assembly of cobalt phthalocyanine (CoPc) molecules on Pb(111) thin films with a thickness ranging from 10 atomic monolayers (ML) to 20 ML were investigated by using scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy (STM/STS). Unprecedented thickness-selective oscillating adsorption and self-assembly behavior of the molecules on the films were observed. STS measurement reveals that this oscillatory behavior arises from quantum size effect. The strong quantum confinement of electron motion in the Pb films modulates the electronic density of states at the Fermi level (DOS(EF)), leading to preferential adsorption at thicknesses of higher DOS(EF). The work provides an unambiguous evidence for quantum modulation of surface reactivities of a metal thin film.     

Adsorption, desorption, and diffusion of nitrogen in a model nanoporous material. II. Diffusion limited kinetics in amorphous solid water

The adsorption, desorption, and diffusion kinetics of N2 on thick (up to approximately 9 microm) porous films of amorphous solid water (ASW) films were studied using molecular beam techniques and temperature programmed desorption. Porous ASW films were grown on Pt(111) at low temperature (<30 K) from a collimated H2O beam at glancing incident angles. In thin films (<1 microm), the desorption kinetics are well described by a model that assumes rapid and uniform N2 distribution throughout the film. In thicker films (>1 microm), N2 adsorption at 27 K results in a nonuniform distribution, where most of N2 is trapped in the outer region of the film. Redistribution of N2 can be induced by thermal annealing. The apparent activation energy for this process is approximately 7 kJ/mol, which is approximately half of the desorption activation energy at the corresponding coverage. Preadsorption of Kr preferentially adsorbs onto the highest energy binding sites, thereby preventing N2 from trapping in the outer region of the film which facilitates N2 transport deeper into the porous film. Despite the onset of limited diffusion, the adsorption kinetics are efficient, precursor mediated, and independent of film thickness. An adsorption mechanism is proposed, in which a high-coverage N2 front propagates into a pore by the rapid transport of physisorbed second layer N2 species on top of the first surface bound layer.     

Oxygen adsorption on Pt/Ru(0001) layers

Chemical properties of epitaxially grown bimetallic layers may deviate substantially from the behavior of their constituents. Strain in conjunction with electronic effects due to the nearby interface represent the dominant contribution to this modification. One of the simplest surface processes to characterize reactivity of these substrates is the dissociative adsorption of an incoming homo-nuclear diatomic molecule. In this study, the adsorption of O(2) on various epitaxially grown Pt films on Ru(0001) has been investigated using infrared absorption spectroscopy and thermal desorption spectroscopy. Pt/Ru(0001) has been chosen as a model system to analyze the individual influences of lateral strain and of the residual substrate interaction on the energetics of a dissociative adsorption system. It is found that adsorption and dissociative sticking depends dramatically on Pt film thickness. Even though oxygen adsorption proceeds in a straightforward manner on Pt(111) and Ru(0001), molecular chemisorption of oxygen on Pt/Ru(0001) is entirely suppressed for the Pt/Ru(0001) monolayer. For two Pt layers chemisorbed molecular oxygen on Pt terraces is produced, albeit at a very slow rate; however, no (thermally induced) dissociation occurs. Only for Pt layer thicknesses N(Pt) ≥ 3 sticking gradually speeds up and annealing leads to dissociation of O(2), thereby approaching the behavior for oxygen adsorption on genuine Pt(111). For Pt monolayer films a novel state of chemisorbed O(2), most likely located at step edges of Pt monolayer islands is identified. This state is readily populated which precludes an activation barrier towards adsorption, in contrast to adsorption on terrace sites of the Pt/Ru(0001) monolayer.     

Ca掺杂的CeO2模型催化剂的形貌和电子结构及其与CO2分子的相互作用

利用扫描隧道显微镜、X射线光电子能谱和同步辐射光电子能谱研究了CeO₂(111),部分还原的CeO_2-x(111) (0＜x＜0.5)以及Ca掺杂的CeO₂模型催化剂的形貌、电子结构以及它们与CO₂分子间的相互作用。CeO₂(111)和部分还原的CeO_2-x(111)薄膜外延生长于Cu(111)单晶表面。不同Ca掺杂的CeO₂薄膜是通过在CeO₂(111)薄膜表面室温物理沉积金属Ca及随后真空退火到不同温度而得到的。不同的制备过程导致样品具有不同的表面组成,化学态和结构。CO₂吸附到CeO₂和部分还原的CeO_2-x表面后导致表面羧酸盐的形成。此外,相比于CeO₂表面,羧酸盐物种更易在部分还原的CeO_2-x表面生成,而且更加稳定。而在Ca掺杂的氧化铈薄膜表面,Ca²⁺离子的存在有利于CO₂的吸附,且探测到碳酸盐物种的形成。     

Au(111)上Pd电沉积初始阶段ECSTM——PdSO_4溶液研究

应用电化学扫描隧道显微镜(ECSTM)研究了PdSO4溶液中Au(111)电极表面Pd的电化学沉积过程.实验表明,Pd的沉积初始阶段在Au(111)电极表面依次生成两个满单层Pd膜,这一实验结果不仅与电位扫描一致,而且更进一步地证明了起初的两个Pd单层形成过程乃以层～层外延方式生长.高分辨的原子图像表明吸附的SO2-4离子在外延生长的Pd膜表面形成了有序的(3×7)R19°结构.     

Studies on the adsorption behaviors of Pb(II) onto an acyl-thiourea resin

In this paper, an acyl-thiourea resin (PIDTR) was synthesized and its adsorption performances to Pb(II) were investigated by adsorption tests, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Fourier transform infrared spectra (FTIR), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analyses. A pH of 6.0 was found to be the optimum pH to obtain the maximum adsorption capacity in 12 hours of equilibration time. The Langmuir model was well fitted to the adsorption data with adsorption capacity of 0.756?mmol?·?g^?1. The adsorption kinetics showed that the adsorption process experienced liquid film diffusion and chemical reaction. The thermodynamic studies indicated that the adsorption for Pb(II) was spontaneous and endothermic. The results of SEM suggested that Pb(II) adsorbed on the surface of PIDTR. The FTIR and XPS analyses further confirmed Pb(II) might chemisorb onto PIDTR surfaces and N–Pb, O–Pb, and S–Pb were formed with the breakage of C?O, C?S, and N-H bonds in the PIDTR molecule.     

Glass-liquid transition of vapor-deposited hexane studied using TOF-SIMS

Thermodynamic connection between liquid and glass is not obvious for poor glass formers. In this study, microscopic molecular diffusivity and macroscopic fluidity of vapor-deposited thin films of n-hexane were investigated using TOF-SIMS to elucidate the mechanism of the glass-liquid transition. The C 6H 14 film deposited at 15 K is characterized by a porous structure, as inferred from the intermixing with adsorbed C 6D 14 and D 2O molecules, as well as the formation of D 2O nanoclusters on the surface. The hexane molecules are reoriented at temperatures higher than 60-70 K, resulting in smoothing of the surface and densification of the film. Self-diffusion of the hexane molecules commences at 110 K; then, the film dewets the Ni(111) substrate after some aging time. Results indicate that ultraviscous liquid formed at the glass transition temperature of 110 K transforms into fluidized liquid immediately before crystallization. The D 2O molecules adsorbed onto the surface play a role as a surfactant, as evidenced by quenching the film dewetting. The ultraviscous liquid is likely to be a distinct phase, which might explain the absence of calorimetric glass transition for poor glass formers like hexane.     

Interaction of Au with thin ZrO2 films: influence of ZrO2 morphology on the adsorption and thermal stability of Au nanoparticles

The model catalysts of ZrO(2)-supported Au nanoparticles have been prepared by deposition of Au atoms onto the surfaces of thin ZrO(2) films with different morphologies. The adsorption and thermal stability of Au nanoparticles on thin ZrO(2) films have been investigated using synchrotron radiation photoemission spectroscopy (SRPES) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The thin ZrO(2) films were prepared by two different methods, giving rise to different morphologies. The first method utilized wet chemical impregnation to synthesize the thin ZrO(2) film through the procedure of first spin-coating a zirconium ethoxide (Zr(OC(2)H(5))(4)) precursor onto a SiO(2)/Si(100) substrate at room temperature followed by calcination at 773 K for 12 h. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) investigations indicate that highly porous "sponge-like nanostructures" were obtained in this case. The second method was epitaxial growth of a ZrO(2)(111) film through vacuum evaporation of Zr metal onto Pt(111) in 1 × 10(-6) Torr of oxygen at 550 K followed by annealing at 1000 K. The structural analysis with low energy electron diffraction (LEED) of this film exhibits good long-range ordering. It has been found that Au forms smaller particles on the porous ZrO(2) film as compared to those on the ordered ZrO(2)(111) film at a given coverage. Thermal annealing experiments demonstrate that Au particles are more thermally stable on the porous ZrO(2) surface than on the ZrO(2)(111) surface, although on both surfaces, Au particles experience significant sintering at elevated temperatures. In addition, by annealing the surfaces to 1100 K, Au particles desorb completely from ZrO(2)(111) but not from porous ZrO(2). The enhanced thermal stability for Au on porous ZrO(2) can be attributed to the stronger interaction of the adsorbed Au with the defects and the hindered migration or coalescence resulting from the porous structures.     

Nanometer-thick surficial films in oxides as a case of prewetting

Stable, nanometer-thick films are observed to form at the {1120} facets of Bi(2)O(3)-doped ZnO in several bulk-phase stability fields. Electron microscopy shows these surficial films to exhibit some degree of partial order in quenched samples. The equilibrium film thickness, corresponding to the Gibbs excess solute, decreases monotonically with decreasing temperature until vanishing at a dewetting temperature, well below the eutectic. Assuming that perfect wetting occurs at some higher temperature above the eutectic, as is observed on polycrystal surfaces and at grain boundaries in the same system, the adsorption and wetting events in this system illustrate temperature- and composition-dependent prewetting. The observation of a second class of thicker films coexisting with nanodroplets and a numerical evaluation of thickness versus temperature elucidate the critical role of volumetric thermodynamic terms in determining film stability and thickness. Analogous temperature-dependent surface films involving adsorbed MoO(3) on Al(2)O(3) were also observed.     

Interaction of methanol with amorphous solid water

The interaction of methanol (MeOH) with amorphous solid water (ASW) composed of D2O molecules, prepared at 125 K on a polycrystalline Ag substrate, was studied with metastable-impact-electron spectroscopy, reflection-absorption infrared spectroscopy, and temperature-programmed desorption mass spectroscopy. In connection with the experiments, classical molecular dynamics (MD) simulations have been performed on a single CH3OH molecule adsorbed at the ice surface (T=190 K), providing further insights into the binding and adsorption properties of the molecule at the ice surface. Consistently with the experimental deductions and previous studies, MeOH is found to adsorb with the hydroxyl group pointing toward dangling bonds of the ice surface, the CH3 group being oriented upwards, slightly tilted with respect to the surface normal. It forms the toplayer up to the onset of the simultaneous desorption of D2O and MeOH. At low coverage the adsorption is dominated by the formation of two strong hydrogen bonds as evidenced by the MD results. During the buildup of the first methanol layer on top of an ASW film the MeOH-MeOH interaction via hydrogen-bond formation becomes of importance as well. The interaction of D2O with solid methanol films and the codeposition of MeOH and D2O were also investigated experimentally; these experiments showed that D2O molecules supplied to a solid methanol film become embedded into the film.     

Sputtering of C(60) fullerenes physisorbed on Ar, Xe, H(2)O, O(2), and C(8)F(18) matrix films studied with time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry

The ionization and fragmentation of C(60) fullerenes were investigated using matrix films covered with C(60) molecules and bombarded with 1.5-KeV He(+) ions. C(+), C(60)(+), and C(60)(++) ions were sputtered from the C(60) molecules that were physisorbed on Ar and Xe matrix films, whereas the sputtering of C(60) on the O(2) and C(8)F(18) matrix films induced an additional emission of ion adducts, such as (OC(60))(+) and (FC(60))(+), as well as the fragment ions, C(60-2n)(+) (n = 1-10). Very few ions were sputtered from the C(60) molecules that were adsorbed on the H(2)O matrix film and the Ni(111) substrate. The ions are thought to be created at the surface when C (C(60)) collides with the Ar, Xe, O, and F species via the electron-promotion mechanism, and the formation of quasi-molecules is manifested from the emission of the ion adducts. The fragmentation occurs during the interaction with the reactive species at the surface, and the delayed ionization/fragmentation of the internally excited C(60) molecules in the gas phase has negligible contribution in the present experiment. The matrix effect arises from the suppressed neutralization of the C(60)(+) ion because of the localization of a valence hole. The C(60)(+) ion undergoes neutralization on the H(2)O film because the hydrogen bond has some covalent character.     

甲醛在CeO2(111)表面吸附的密度泛函理论研究

采用基于第一性原理的密度泛函理论和周期平板模型, 研究了甲醛在以桥氧为端面的CeO2(111)稳定表面上的吸附行为. 通过对不同覆盖度, 不同吸附位的甲醛吸附构型、吸附能及电子态密度的分析发现, 甲醛在CeO2(111)表面存在化学吸附与物理吸附两种情况. 化学吸附结构中甲醛的碳、氧原子分别与表面的氧、铈原子发生相互作用, 形成CH2O2物种; 吸附能随着覆盖度的增加而减小. 与自由甲醛分子相比, 物理吸附的甲醛构型变化不大, 其吸附能较小. 利用CNEB(climbing nudged elastic band)方法计算了甲醛在CeO2(111)表面的初步解离反应活化能(约1.71 eV), 远高于甲醛脱附能垒, 这与甲醛在清洁CeO2(111)表面程序升温脱附实验中产物主要为甲醛的结果相一致.     

A Periodic Density Functional Study on Adsorption Properties of Methoxy on Au（111） Surface

1INTRODUCTION Methoxy(CH3O)has been identified as the first intermediate in the decomposition of methanol on extensive list of clean transition metal surfaces,such as Ni(100)[1],Cu(100)[2,3],Cu(111)[4],Ag(111)[5],Au(110)[6],Pd(111)[7]and Ru(0001)[8].The electronic structure of the metal is a determining factor in OH bond scission.In fact,group IB clean surfaces have shown very low activity towards this reaction,al-though there are reports on low amounts of methoxy formed on clean Cu(…     

Full hemispherical photoelectron diffraction and Fermi surface mapping

The routine measurement of full hemispherical photoemission intensity maps gives us the possibility for the combined investigation of structural and electronic phenomena at surfaces. As an example the growth of ultrathin films of Co on Cu(111) is studied as a function of film thickness. While X-ray photoelectron diffraction (XPD) shows the early appearance of stacking faults as a precursor of the hcp structure, Fermi surface maps reveal the very fast evolution of the Co Fermi surface that can be compared to measurements on a clean Co(0001) crystal. For the system O/Rh(111), XPD brings up important structural clues, relating changes in surface reactivity to small amounts of subsurface oxygen, which forces adjacent oxygen atoms to occupy new and more reactive adsorption sites. In the course of this last study we observed for the first time the weak backscattering signals in the angular pattern of adsorbate emission. These cone-like features are extremely sensitive to the adsorbate–substrate bond length.     

Adsorption, desorption, and diffusion of nitrogen in a model nanoporous material. I. Surface limited desorption kinetics in amorphous solid water

The adsorption and desorption kinetics of N2 on porous amorphous solid water (ASW) films were studied using molecular beam techniques, temperature programed desorption (TPD), and reflection-absorption infrared spectroscopy. The ASW films were grown on Pt(111) at 23 K by ballistic deposition from a collimated H2O beam at various incident angles to control the film porosity. The experimental results show that the N2 condensation coefficient is essentially unity until near saturation, independent of the ASW film thickness indicating that N2 transport within the porous films is rapid. The TPD results show that the desorption of a fixed dose of N2 shifts to higher temperature with ASW film thickness. Kinetic analysis of the TPD spectra shows that a film thickness rescaling of the coverage-dependent activation energy curve results in a single master curve. Simulation of the TPD spectra using this master curve results in a quantitative fit to the experiments over a wide range of ASW thicknesses (up to 1000 layers, approximately 0.5 microm). The success of the rescaling model indicates that N2 transport within the porous film is rapid enough to maintain a uniform distribution throughout the film on a time scale faster than desorption.     

自组装超薄膜修饰Ta2O5介质膜及其特性研究

采用静电自组装方法在五氧化二钽(Ta2O5)介质氧化膜上制备了聚二烯丙基二甲基氯化铵(PDDA)/聚苯乙烯磺酸钠(PSS)和聚二烯丙基二甲基氯化铵/聚-3,4-乙烯二氧噻吩-聚苯乙烯磺酸钠(PEDOT-PSS)超薄膜.研究了两种自组装超薄膜在Ta2O5介质氧化薄膜上的组装特性.结果表明两种自组装膜能够稳定地组装于Ta2O5介质膜表面,并有效降低薄膜的表面粗糙度.进一步研究了两种自组装超薄膜修饰的Ta2O5电容结构的电性能.结果表明静电自组装膜对Ta2O5介质膜表面进行修饰后,有效地隔离了介质氧化膜中的缺陷,降低了电容的漏电流并提高耐电压能力;研究还发现不同厚度的超薄膜对Ta2O5电容结构的耐压特性有不同程度的影响,较厚的薄膜可以更好地提高电容的耐压能力并降低漏电流,但会增加电容的等效串联电阻(ESR).另外,在相同薄膜层数的情况下,聚合物电解质PEDOT-PSS良好的导电性能降低了复合超薄膜的电阻,使得PDDA/PEDOT-PSS修饰的电容结构ESR值较低.     

From Au to Pt via surface limited redox replacement of Pb UPD in one-cell configuration

This work is aimed at developing a protocol based on surface limited redox replacement (SLRR) of underpotentially deposited (UPD) Pb layers for the growth of epitaxial and continuous Pt thin films on polycrystalline and single crystalline Au surfaces. Different from previously reported papers using SLRR in multiple immersion or flow cell setups, this work explores the one-cell configuration setup as an alternative to improve the efficiency and quality of the growth. Open circuit chronopotentiometry and quartz-crystal microbalance experiments demonstrate steady displacement kinetics and a yield that is higher than the stoichiometric Pt(II)-Pb exchange ratio (1:1). This high yield is attributed to oxidative adsorption of OH(ad) taking place on Pt along with the displacement process. Also, ex situ scanning tunneling microscopy surface characterization reveals after the first replacement event the formation of a dense Pt cluster network that homogenously covers the Au surface. The Pt films grow homogenously with no significant changes in the cluster distribution and surface roughness observed up to 10 successive replacement events. X-ray diffraction analysis shows distinct (111) crystallographic orientation of thicker Pt films deposited on (111) textured Au thin films. Coarse energy dispersive spectroscopy measurements and finer X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy suggest at least 4 atom % Pb incorporating into the Pt layer compared to 13 atom % alloyed Cu when the growth is carried out by SLRR of Cu UPD.     

First principles study of adsorption of O2 on Al surface with hybrid functionals

Adsorption of O(2) molecule on Al surface has been a long standing puzzle for the first principles calculation. We have studied the adsorption of O(2) molecule on the Al(111) surface using hybrid functionals. In contrast to the previous local-density approximation/gradient-corrected approximation, the present calculations with hybrid functionals successfully predict that O(2) molecule can be absorbed on the Al(111) surface with a barrier around 0.2-0.4 eV, which is in good agreement with experiments. Our calculations predict that the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital of O(2) molecule is higher than the Fermi level of the Al(111) surface, which is responsible for the barrier of the O(2) adsorption.     

Sb在Au单晶电极上结构敏感吸附行为的比较

本文研究比较Sb(III)在Au(111)和Au(100)电极上的不可逆吸附与还原和Sb的欠电位沉积行为及其相互影响.现场扫描隧道显微镜和循环伏安法测试结果表明,基底表面结构不仅影响阴离子的吸附行为和Sb的吸附结构,而且还影响其自身结构的稳定性.在Au(111)表面,致密无序膜的SbO+不可逆吸附层还原后基本保持原有的无序结构;而在Au(100)表面,由于SO42-的共吸附,不可逆吸附物种还原后形成(2×2)有序结构.在Au(111)表面上,Sb的欠电位沉积伴随显著的合金化,且因表面有序结构的破坏而形成沟道状二维结构;但对Au(100)表面,由于其晶格和尺寸与稳定的AuSb2合金之(100)面有较好的匹配性,使Au与Sb得以形成有序的表面化合物,从而避免了欠电位沉积过程中的表面合金化问题,进一步体现基底结构的敏感性和重要性.