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High-energy surface X-ray diffraction for fast surface structure determination.

Gustafson, Johan LU ; Shipilin, Mikhail LU ; Zhang, Chu LU ; Stierle, A ; Hejral, U ; Ruett, U ; Gutowski, O ; Carlsson, P-A ; Skoglundh, M and Lundgren, Edvin LU (2014) In Science 343(6172). p.758-761
Abstract
Understanding the interaction between surfaces and their surroundings is crucial in many materials-science fields, such as catalysis, corrosion, and thin-film electronics, but existing characterization methods have not been capable of fully determining the structure of surfaces during dynamic processes, such as catalytic reactions, in a reasonable time frame. We demonstrate an x-ray-diffraction-based characterization method that uses high-energy photons (85 kiloelectron volts) to provide unexpected gains in data acquisition speed by several orders of magnitude and enables structural determinations of surfaces on time scales suitable for in situ studies. We illustrate the potential of high-energy surface x-ray diffraction by determining the... (More)
Understanding the interaction between surfaces and their surroundings is crucial in many materials-science fields, such as catalysis, corrosion, and thin-film electronics, but existing characterization methods have not been capable of fully determining the structure of surfaces during dynamic processes, such as catalytic reactions, in a reasonable time frame. We demonstrate an x-ray-diffraction-based characterization method that uses high-energy photons (85 kiloelectron volts) to provide unexpected gains in data acquisition speed by several orders of magnitude and enables structural determinations of surfaces on time scales suitable for in situ studies. We illustrate the potential of high-energy surface x-ray diffraction by determining the structure of a palladium surface in situ during catalytic carbon monoxide oxidation and follow dynamic restructuring of the surface with subsecond time resolution. (Less)
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343
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6172
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758 - 761
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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
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1095-9203
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10.1126/science.1246834
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English
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  author       = {{Gustafson, Johan and Shipilin, Mikhail and Zhang, Chu and Stierle, A and Hejral, U and Ruett, U and Gutowski, O and Carlsson, P-A and Skoglundh, M and Lundgren, Edvin}},
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  pages        = {{758--761}},
  publisher    = {{American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)}},
  series       = {{Science}},
  title        = {{High-energy surface X-ray diffraction for fast surface structure determination.}},
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  doi          = {{10.1126/science.1246834}},
  volume       = {{343}},
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