title: In situ atomic scale visualization of surface kinetics driven dynamics of oxide growth on a Ni-Cr surface.
abstract: We report the in situ atomic-scale visualization of the dynamic three-dimensional growth of NiO during the initial oxidation of Ni-10at%Cr using environmental transmission electron microscopy. A step-by-step adatom growth mechanism in 3D is observed and a change in the surface planes of growing oxide islands can be induced by local surface kinetic variations.
authors.affiliation: Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352, USA. Chongmin.wang@pnnl.gov.
authors.forename: Langli
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical Engineering & Multidisciplinary Program in Materials Science and Engineering, State University of New York, Binghamton, NY13902, USA. gzhou@binghamton.edu.
authors.forename: Lianfeng
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zou
authors.affiliation: Energy and Environment Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352, USA.
authors.forename: Daniel K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Schreiber
authors.affiliation: Energy and Environment Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352, USA.
authors.forename: Matthew J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Olszta
authors.affiliation: Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352, USA. Chongmin.wang@pnnl.gov.
authors.forename: Donald R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Baer
authors.affiliation: Energy and Environment Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352, USA.
authors.forename: Stephen M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Bruemmer
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical Engineering & Multidisciplinary Program in Materials Science and Engineering, State University of New York, Binghamton, NY13902, USA. gzhou@binghamton.edu.
authors.forename: Guangwen
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352, USA. Chongmin.wang@pnnl.gov.
authors.forename: Chong-Min
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Wang