Communications Materials (Jul 2021)

Electron dynamics of tip-tunable oxygen species on TiO2 surface

  • Yuuki Adachi,
  • Ján Brndiar,
  • Huan Fei Wen,
  • Quanzhen Zhang,
  • Masato Miyazaki,
  • Sourbh Thakur,
  • Yasuhiro Sugawara,
  • Hongqian Sang,
  • YanJun Li,
  • Ivan Štich,
  • Lev Kantorovich

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s43246-021-00176-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Oxygen species on a TiO2 surface exist in different redox states, which can be switched between by electron tunneling with an atomic force tip. Here, a fast experimental setup enables statistically significant tunneling rates to be determined, revealing changes in electronic structure.