Uniaxial incommensurate phases at the Au(111) electrode

doi:10.1016/0378-4371(93)90575-O

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volume 200, Issues 1–4, 15 November 1993, Pages 679-687

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Abstract

The structure of the Au(111) electrode has been investigated using surface X-ray scattering (SXS) in a variety of electrolytes. Although the underlying gold layers have hexagonal symmetry, the top most gold layer forms a rectangular, uniaxial incommensurate (px √3) structure in the absence of specific adsorption. The (px √3) structure is also observed for bismuth and iodine adlayers, where p continuously changes with potential (electrocompressibility).

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Uniaxial incommensurate phases at the Au(111) electrode

Abstract

J. Phys. Chem.

J. Am. Chem. Soc.

J. Phys. Chem.

Phys. Rev. B

Langmuir

Phys. Rev. Lett.

Phys. Rev. Lett.

J. Electroanal Chem.

Surf. Sci.

J. Am. Chem Soc.

J. Chem. Phys.

Science