title: Ordering of TiO2-based nanostructures on SrTiO3(001) surfaces.
abstract: A class of nanostructured surface phases on SrTiO3(001) is reported and characterized through atomic-resolution scanning tunneling microscopy and Auger electron spectroscopy. These surface phases are created via argon ion sputtering and UHV annealing and form close-packed domains of highly ordered nanostructures. Depending on the type of nanostructures present, the domain ordering exhibit either (6 x 2), (9 x 2), (12 x 2), (6 x 8), or (7 x 4) surface patterning. The nanostructures are composed of TiO2-derived complexes surrounded by a TiO2 surface termination. Such surface ordering phenomena introduce another level of complexity in the chemistry of perovskite oxide surfaces and provide a basis from which potential photocatalytic and molecular-ordering applications may be developed.
authors: Department of Materials, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PH, United Kingdom.
authors: David S
authors: DS
authors: Deak
authors: Fabien
authors: F
authors: Silly
authors: David T
authors: DT
authors: Newell
authors: Martin R
authors: MR
authors: Castell