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Massively Cooperative Adsorbate‐Induced Surface Restructuring and Nanocluster Formation
Author(s) -
Driver Stephen M.,
Zhang Tianfu,
King David A.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200603325
Subject(s) - nanoclusters , restructuring , massively parallel , mesoscopic physics , molecule , nanotechnology , surface (topology) , chemical physics , materials science , order (exchange) , chemistry , condensed matter physics , computer science , physics , business , parallel computing , mathematics , geometry , organic chemistry , finance
Atoms on the move : NO 2 lifts the Au{111} herringbone surface reconstruction at 78 K through a massively cooperative restructuring step, which involves on the order of 600 NO 2 molecules (blue; see STM image) and 80–100 Au atoms. Mesoscopic island ordering is a precursor to the process, and Au nanoclusters (green/yellow) form as the restructuring proceeds.
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