title: Two-dimensional manganese oxide nanolayers on Pd(100): the surface phase diagram.
abstract: Two-dimensional manganese oxide layers have been grown on Pd(100) and have been characterized by means of scanning tunnelling microscopy, low energy electron diffraction and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The complex surface phase diagram of MnO(x) on Pd(100) is reported, where nine different novel Mn oxide phases have been detected as a function of the chemical potential of oxygen μ(O). Three regions of the chemical potential of oxygen can be identified, in which structurally related oxide phases are formed, often in coexistence at the surface. The different regions of μ(O) are reflected in the oxidation states of the respective Mn oxide nanolayers as revealed by the Mn 2p and O 1s XPS binding energies. The MnO(x) nanolayers form two-dimensional wetting layers and it is speculated that they mediate the epitaxial growth of MnO on Pd(100) by providing structurally graded interfaces.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Physics, Surface and Interface Physics, Karl-Franzens University Graz, A-8010 Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Parteder
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Allegretti
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Franchini
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Podloucky
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Surnev
authors.forename: F P
authors.initials: FP
authors.lastname: Netzer