2D phase transition of PF6 adlayers at the electrified ionic liquid/Au(1 1 1) interface Export

@article{citeulike:2057016, abstract = {2D phase transition of PF6 adlayers at the electrified ionic liquid/Au(1 1 1) interface has been investigated by in situ STM. At the potential above -0.2 V vs Pt reference, PF6 anions form Moire-like patterns on Au(1 1 1). When the potential is changed towards more negative values, the structural changes occur gradually, and a ([square root]3 x [square root]3) phase forms at approximate -0.45 V. More interestingly, the Moire-like patterns are found to coexist with the uncompressed structures in most cases. The formation of the ordered adlayers can be attributed to the different solvation of PF6 in ionic liquid in comparison with aqueous solution.}, author = {Pan, Ge-Bo and Freyland, Werner}, citeulike-article-id = {2057016}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2006.05.114}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6TFN-4K4DH61-3/2/506c78b8be91b0bc90a148ad6eaf7d90}, day = {18}, doi = {10.1016/j.cplett.2006.05.114}, journal = {Chemical Physics Letters}, keywords = {2dphasetransition, au, interface, ionic, liquid, rtil}, month = {August}, number = {1-3}, pages = {96--100}, posted-at = {2007-12-04 13:05:45}, priority = {2}, title = {2D phase transition of PF6 adlayers at the electrified ionic liquid/Au(1 1 1) interface}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2006.05.114}, volume = {427}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2057016 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2057016 N2 - 2D phase transition of PF6 adlayers at the electrified ionic liquid/Au(1 1 1) interface has been investigated by in situ STM. At the potential above -0.2 V vs Pt reference, PF6 anions form Moire-like patterns on Au(1 1 1). When the potential is changed towards more negative values, the structural changes occur gradually, and a ([square root]3 x [square root]3) phase forms at approximate -0.45 V. More interestingly, the Moire-like patterns are found to coexist with the uncompressed structures in most cases. The formation of the ordered adlayers can be attributed to the different solvation of PF6 in ionic liquid in comparison with aqueous solution. IS - 1-3 JF - Chemical Physics Letters EP - 100 TI - 2D phase transition of PF6 adlayers at the electrified ionic liquid/Au(1 1 1) interface VL - 427 SP - 96 KW - 2dphasetransition KW - au KW - interface KW - ionic KW - liquid KW - rtil AU - Pan, Ge-Bo AU - Freyland, Werner PY - 2006/08/18/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2006.05.114 ER -