Surface-reaction induced structural oscillations in the subsurface

Xianhu Sun; Wenhui Zhu; Dongxiang Wu; Chaoran Li; Jianyu Wang; Yaguang Zhu; Xiaobo Chen; Jorge Anibal Boscoboinik; Renu Sharma; Guangwen Zhou

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-14167-1

Nature Communications (Jan 2020)

Surface-reaction induced structural oscillations in the subsurface

Xianhu Sun,
Wenhui Zhu,
Dongxiang Wu,
Chaoran Li,
Jianyu Wang,
Yaguang Zhu,
Xiaobo Chen,
Jorge Anibal Boscoboinik,
Renu Sharma,
Guangwen Zhou

Affiliations

Xianhu Sun: Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science and Engineering Program, State University of New York
Wenhui Zhu: Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science and Engineering Program, State University of New York
Dongxiang Wu: Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science and Engineering Program, State University of New York
Chaoran Li: Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science and Engineering Program, State University of New York
Jianyu Wang: Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science and Engineering Program, State University of New York
Yaguang Zhu: Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science and Engineering Program, State University of New York
Xiaobo Chen: Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science and Engineering Program, State University of New York
Jorge Anibal Boscoboinik: Center for Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Renu Sharma: Physical Measurement Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Guangwen Zhou: Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science and Engineering Program, State University of New York

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-14167-1
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Atomically differentiating surface and subsurface is experimentally challenging. Here, the authors use in-situ electron microscopy to simultaneously monitor the surface and subsurface and show that H2 oxidation on CuO surfaces induces cycles of ordering and disordering of oxygen vacancies in the subsurface.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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