title: Crystalline ice growth on PT(111): observation of a hydrophobic water monolayer.
abstract: The growth of crystalline water films on Pt(111) is investigated using rare gas physisorption. The water monolayer wets Pt(111) at all temperatures investigated (20-155 K). At low temperatures (T< or =120 K), additional water layers kinetically wet the monolayer surface. However, crystalline ice films grown at higher temperatures (T > 135 K) do not wet the water monolayer. These results are consistent with recent theory and experiments suggesting that the molecules in the water monolayer form a surface with no dangling OH bonds or lone pair electrons, giving rise to a hydrophobic water monolayer on Pt(111).
authors.affiliation: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Chemical Sciences Division, Richland, Washington 99352, USA.
authors.forename: Greg A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Kimmel
authors.forename: Nikolay G
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Petrik
authors.forename: Zdenek
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Dohnálek
authors.forename: Bruce D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Kay