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The molecular structure of organic overlayers on palladium single crystal surfaces: A LEED and HREELS study

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6301821· OSTI ID:6301821

The surface structures of molecular overlayers on palladium single crystal surfaces have been determined by dynamical low energy electron diffraction (LEED) and by a combination of LEED and high resolution electron energy-loss spectroscopy (HREELS). CO molecules adsorbed on Pd and the molecular structure of the ordered (3/times/3) superlattice of coadsorbed benzene and CO on the Pd(111) crystal face has been investigated. A tabulation is compiled of the ordering characteristics of clean and adsorbate-covered single crystal surfaces based on diffraction patterns observed with LEED. Over 3000 structures are classified by rotational symmetry of the substrate surfaces and by type of sub-class: alloy surfaces, organic overlayers, coadsorbed overlayers, physisorbed overlayers, and high-Miller-index (stepped) surfaces. The important characteristics of each sub-class are reviewed and future directions of LEED investigations are proposed. 177 refs., 67 figs., 10 tabs.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC03-76SF00098
OSTI ID:
6301821
Report Number(s):
LBL-26938; ON: DE89011775
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English