Monolayer oxide films

Thesis

This thesis focuses on the monolayer films and nanostructures of Ti oxide and Nb oxide supported on the gold substrate. Particular emphasis have been placed on learning about the point and extended defects that occur in the films.

The thesis begins with a significant improvement in the resolving power of the STM that can be achieved through automated distortion correction and multi-frame averaging. The broad utility of this approach is demonstrated with three examples: the Si(111)-(...

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Authors: Wang, S

• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Keywords: Honeycomb lattice; Transition metal oxide; Density functional theory; Scanning tunneling microscopy
• Subjects: Materials science; Surface chemistry