Synthesis-dependent atomic surface structures of oxide nanoparticles

Yuyuan Lin, Jianguo Wen, Linhua Hu, Robert M. Kennedy, Peter C. Stair, Kenneth R. Poeppelmeier, Laurence D. Marks

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Abstract

Using SrTiO3 nanocuboids as a model system, we show with aberration-corrected high resolution electron microscopy at sub-Å resolution that surface relaxations or reconstructions are present on the nanocuboids, depending on the synthetic process. Oleic acid synthesis, acetic acid synthesis, and microwave-assisted acetic acid synthesis result in a SrO termination, TiO2-rich reconstruction, and mixed termination, respectively. The experimental atomic positions are in better agreement with density functional theory calculations using an exact-exchange corrected PBEsol functional than the Perdew-Burke-Ernzerhof (PBE) functional.

Original languageEnglish
Article number156101
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume111
Issue number15
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Oct 8 2013

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Synthesis-dependent atomic surface structures of oxide nanoparticles. / Lin, Yuyuan; Wen, Jianguo; Hu, Linhua; Kennedy, Robert M.; Stair, Peter C.; Poeppelmeier, Kenneth R.; Marks, Laurence D.

In: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 111, No. 15, 156101, 08.10.2013.

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Lin, Y, Wen, J, Hu, L, Kennedy, RM, Stair, PC, Poeppelmeier, KR & Marks, LD 2013, 'Synthesis-dependent atomic surface structures of oxide nanoparticles', Physical Review Letters, vol. 111, no. 15, 156101. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.156101
Lin Y, Wen J, Hu L, Kennedy RM, Stair PC, Poeppelmeier KR et al. Synthesis-dependent atomic surface structures of oxide nanoparticles. Physical Review Letters. 2013 Oct 8;111(15). 156101. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.156101
Lin, Yuyuan ; Wen, Jianguo ; Hu, Linhua ; Kennedy, Robert M. ; Stair, Peter C. ; Poeppelmeier, Kenneth R. ; Marks, Laurence D. / Synthesis-dependent atomic surface structures of oxide nanoparticles. In: Physical Review Letters. 2013 ; Vol. 111, No. 15.
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