Au/TiO2(110) interfacial reconstruction stability from ab initio
Materials Science
2012-02-28 v1 Chemical Physics
Abstract
We determine the stability and properties of interfaces of low-index Au surfaces adhered to TiO2(110), using density functional theory energy density calculations. We consider Au(100) and Au(111) epitaxies on rutile TiO2(110) surface, as observed in experiments. For each epitaxy, we consider several different interfaces: Au(111)//TiO2(110) and Au(100)//TiO2(110), with and without bridging oxygen, Au(111) on 1x2 added-row TiO2(110) reconstruction, and Au(111) on a proposed 1x2 TiO reconstruction. The density functional theory energy density method computes the energy changes on each of the atoms while forming the interface, and evaluates the work of adhesion to determine the equilibrium interfacial structure.
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@article{arxiv.1108.2072,
title = {Au/TiO2(110) interfacial reconstruction stability from ab initio},
author = {Min Yu and Dallas R. Trinkle},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1108.2072},
year = {2012}
}
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20 pages, 11 figures