1992
DOI: 10.1002/bbpc.19920960402
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A STM Investigation of Pt‐Single Crystal Surfaces in Air and Electrolyte Solutions

Abstract: We describe the construction of a beetle‐type scanning tunneling microscope optimized for in situ measurements. The influence of the crystal preparation technique on the surface structure is reported. Whereas annealing of platinum single crystals in iodine vapour yields smooth surfaces for the low index faces, which are protected from contamination in air by the adsorbed iodine, facetting occurs in the case of stepped surfaces. — The iodine adlattices are resolved both in air and electrolyte: Pt(111) (3 × 3)‐I… Show more

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“…Bittner et al showed by electrochemical scanning tunneling microscopy (EC-STM) that for a Pt(110) cooled in iodine, at very negative potentials (in H 2 SO 4 solution), the iodine desorbs and gives rise to an unreconstructed (1×1) surface with a surface topography consisting of small rectangular and isotropic terraces [19]. However, as will be shown below, our results suggest the coexistence of both superficial structures Pt(110)−(1×2) and Pt(110)−(1×1), in better agreement with an older work from Vogel et al [20].…”
Section: Introductionsupporting
confidence: 92%
“…Bittner et al showed by electrochemical scanning tunneling microscopy (EC-STM) that for a Pt(110) cooled in iodine, at very negative potentials (in H 2 SO 4 solution), the iodine desorbs and gives rise to an unreconstructed (1×1) surface with a surface topography consisting of small rectangular and isotropic terraces [19]. However, as will be shown below, our results suggest the coexistence of both superficial structures Pt(110)−(1×2) and Pt(110)−(1×1), in better agreement with an older work from Vogel et al [20].…”
Section: Introductionsupporting
confidence: 92%
“…It is the so-called ͑3 ϫ 3͒-asym structure. [24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37]41,42 We believe that our model based on geometrical principles can also explain the appearance of this particular structure. Note that the arrangement of ͑3 ϫ 3͒-asym iodine adlayer on Pt(111) has been described in many papers, so far.…”
Section: Example Studymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In case of ͑3 ϫ 3͒-asym, each threefold iodine atoms is surrounded by six neighboring adatoms positioned at a higher level. [24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37] In order to understand the conditions for appearance and differences between ͑3 ϫ 3͒-sym and ͑3 ϫ 3͒-asym structures we employ our model, looking for a full range of possible FIG. 4.…”
Section: Example Studymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…2 Adlayer structures of halides on Au(hkl) and Ag(hkl), adapted from Ref. [ [275][276][277], Pd [278], Rh [279], and Ni [280]. A comprehensive review is given in Ref.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…For halide adlayers on coinage metal surfaces such as Au (111), Ag (111), and Cu (111) often incommensurate structures with lattice spacings, which decrease with increasing potential were found (electrocompression) [51,254,255,259]. On the (111) surfaces of transition metals well-ordered adlayers exhibit preferentially commensurate structures indicating a stronger preference for energetically favorable adsorption sites [273][274][275][276][277]. Halide adlayers on fcc (100) surfaces exhibit a strong trend towards commensurate structures, with a predominant occurrence of simple c(2 × 2) adlattices.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%