submonolayer 130
subnanometer 97
substrate 113
sum frequency generation
– vibrational spectroscopy 189
supercell 103
superlattice of defects 181
surface
– characterization 34
– defect 106
– diffusion 60, 62ff
– dipole 98–72
– flexibility 202
– mobility 189
– morphology 97
– pitting 233
– reactivity 84
– relaxation 199
– science investigation of chirality 1
– tip interaction 103
– topography 97
surface hydroxyl 65
surface X-ray diffraction (SXRD) 83, 152
synchrotron radiation 161
synergetic 90
t
tartaric acid 14
temperature-programmed desorption 229
template
– controlled growth 44
– model catalyst 29
tetragonal pyramid 162
thermal
– desorption spectroscopy 210
– drift 149
– switching of conformation 23
– induced restructuring 199
thermochromic 159
thermocouple 195
time
– constant 138
– evolution of y(2·1)-O coverage, plot 77
tip
– apex 103
– exchanger 197
– manipulation 58ff
– morphology 39
– preparation 124
– trajectory 40
titanium oxide 155
titration experiment 73
titration curve Ag(1 1 0)(n1)-O surfaces 78
topographic image of Pt(1 1 0) 205
topography change 36
4-[trans-2-(pyrid-4-yl-vinyl)]benzoic acid
(PVBA) 5
tunneling
– probability 206
– gap 34ff
– barrier 41
– barrier plot 123
– current 34, 40ff
– density 43
– junction 98
– process 35f
– resistivity 41
– spectroscopy 37
two-dimensional template 31
u
UHV-STM image of Coronene on
Cu{1 1 0} 11
ultra-high vacuum (UHV) 81
ultrathin
– alumina layers 152
– oxide layers 182
unit cell 38
v
vacancy generation 212
vacancy-mediated diffusion 214
vacuum barrier 35
valence band 36f
van der Waals interaction 8ff
vanadium oxide 159
variable temperature STM 57
vertical lattice compression 171
x
X-ray photoelectron
– diffraction characterization 14
X-ray absorption profile
X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) 151
244
j
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