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Imaging The Atomic-Scale Structure of Molybdenum and Vanadium Oxides by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

Gregory S. Rohrer ,
Weier Lu  and
Richard L. Smith
Gregory S. Rohrer
Affiliation:
Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Materials Science and Engineering Pittsburgh PA 15213
Weier Lu
Affiliation:
Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Materials Science and Engineering Pittsburgh PA 15213
Richard L. Smith
Affiliation:
Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Materials Science and Engineering Pittsburgh PA 15213
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Abstract

Single crystals of Na0.003V2O5 and Mo18O52 were grown by chemical vapor transport and cleaved surfaces were imaged in ultrahigh vacuum using scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). Because the Mo18O52 (100) and Na0.003V2O5 (010) surfaces of these layered materials have a bulk terminated structure, the atomic-scale contrast in constant current images can be directly compared to components of the bulk structure. Among the structural features identified in the STM images are the surface/crystallographic shear plane intersections, the different MoOx coordination polyhedra on the Mo18O52 (100) surface, and the VO5 square pyramids that make up the Na0.003V2O5 (010) surface. In each of these cases, it was found that the atoms closest to the tip dominate the image contrast.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 332: Symposium U – Determining Nanoscale Physical Properties of Materials by Microscopy and Spectroscopy , 1994 , 507
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1994

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