Ion induced modification of size-selected MoO3 and WO3 clusters deposited on HOPG
Ion induced modification of size-selected MoO3 and WO3 clusters deposited on HOPG
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10.1116/1.4711134
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2012-05
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Xiang Li;K. Wepasnick;Xin Tang;Yi Wang;K. Bowen;D. Fairbrother;G. Gantefoer
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Xiang Li;K. Wepasnick;Xin Tang;Yi Wang;K. Bowen;D. Fairbrother;G. Gantefoer
The effect of 4 keV Ar+ ions on size-selected (MoO3)n and (WO3)n clusters, where n = 30 ± 1, deposited on highly ordered pyrolytic graphite was studied by x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and atomic force microscopy. During deposition, both metal oxide clusters collected preferentially at step edges at low coverages, with larger cluster aggregates nucleating on the terraces at higher coverages. Under the influence of 4 keV Ar+ ion bombardment, both clusters initially experienced oxygen loss and corresponding reduction of the transition metal before the remaining species were sputtered from the surface. However, MoO3 was only partially reduced to MoO2, while WO3 was fully reduced to metallic tungsten. As a consequence of these variations in ion induced chemistry, changes in the surface morphology of MoO3 and WO3 following prolonged Ar+ exposure differed significantly. For (MoO3)30±1, the size of the clusters decreased, due to removal of MoO2 fragments. In contrast, for (WO3)30±1, the formation of smaller s...