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Imaging with Chemical Analysis: Adsorbed Structures Formed during Surface Chemical Reactions
Author(s) -
Locatelli Andrea,
Kiskinova Maya
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.200601189
Subject(s) - chemical reaction , chemical physics , nanometre , adsorption , nanotechnology , chemical kinetics , chemical imaging , chemical species , surface (topology) , materials science , chemistry , kinetics , physics , computer science , organic chemistry , geometry , mathematics , quantum mechanics , artificial intelligence , hyperspectral imaging , composite material
Imaging surfaces and interfaces with structural and chemical specificity has been essential for understanding a variety of phenomena occurring in adsorbed layers during surface chemical reactions. A recent achievement of chemical imaging with spectroscopic analysis is the experimental proof of theoretically predicted spontaneous formation of regular patterns of metal adatoms during surface chemical reactions. An attractive feature of this finding is that the reaction rate and adlayer coverage can be employed to precisely control the morphology of the structures. The mechanisms of these self‐organisation phenomena, driven by the interplay between energetic principles and kinetics, opens a conceptually novel route to creating a wide range of surface‐supported functional structures at the micro‐ and nanometre length scales.