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Oxygen-induced step bunching and faceting of Rh(553): Experiment and ab initio calculations

Gustafson, Johan LU ; Resta, Andrea LU ; Mikkelsen, Anders LU ; Westerström, Rasmus LU ; Andersen, Jesper N LU ; Lundgren, Edvin LU ; Weissenrieder, Jonas LU ; Schmid, M. ; Varga, P. and Kasper, N. , et al. (2006) In Physical Review B (Condensed Matter and Materials Physics) 74(3).
Abstract
Using a combined experimental and theoretical approach, we show that the initial oxidation of a Rh(553) surface, a surface vicinal to (111), undergoes step bunching when exposed to oxygen, forming lower-index facets. At a pressure of about 10(-6) mbar and a temperature of 380 degrees C this leads to (331) facets with one-dimensional oxide chains along the steps, coexisting with (111) facets. Further increase of the pressure and temperature results in (111) facets only, covered by an O-Rh-O surface oxide. Our density functional theory calculations provide an atomistic understanding of the observed behavior.
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Physical Review B (Condensed Matter and Materials Physics)
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035401
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American Physical Society
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1098-0121
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10.1103/PhysRevB.74.035401
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  author       = {{Gustafson, Johan and Resta, Andrea and Mikkelsen, Anders and Westerström, Rasmus and Andersen, Jesper N and Lundgren, Edvin and Weissenrieder, Jonas and Schmid, M. and Varga, P. and Kasper, N. and Torrelles, X. and Ferrer, S. and Mittendorfer, F. and Kresse, G.}},
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  publisher    = {{American Physical Society}},
  series       = {{Physical Review B (Condensed Matter and Materials Physics)}},
  title        = {{Oxygen-induced step bunching and faceting of Rh(553): Experiment and ab initio calculations}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.74.035401}},
  doi          = {{10.1103/PhysRevB.74.035401}},
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