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Giordano MC, Tzschoppe M, Barelli M, Vogt J, Huck C, Canepa F, Pucci A, Buatier de Mongeot F. Self-Organized Nanorod Arrays for Large-Area Surface-Enhanced Infrared Absorption. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2020; 12:11155-11162. [PMID: 32049480 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b19719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Capabilities of highly sensitive surface-enhanced infrared absorption (SEIRA) spectroscopy are demonstrated by exploiting large-area templates (cm2) based on self-organized (SO) nanorod antennas. We engineered highly dense arrays of gold nanorod antennas featuring polarization-sensitive localized plasmon resonances, tunable over a broadband near- and mid-infrared (IR) spectrum, in overlap with the so-called "functional group" window. We demonstrate polarization-sensitive SEIRA activity, homogeneous over macroscopic areas and stable in time, by exploiting prototype self-assembled monolayers of IR-active octadecanthiol (ODT) molecules. The strong coupling between the plasmonic excitation and molecular stretching modes gives rise to characteristic Fano resonances in SEIRA. The SO engineering of the active hotspots in the arrays allows us to achieve signal amplitude improved up to 5.7%. This figure is competitive to the response of lithographic nanoantennas and is stable when the optical excitation spot varies from the micro- to macroscale, thus enabling highly sensitive SEIRA spectroscopy with cost-effective nanosensor devices.
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- M C Giordano
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Genova, Via Dodecaneso 33, 16146 Genova, Italy
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- Kirchhoff Institute for Physics, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 227, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Genova, Via Dodecaneso 33, 16146 Genova, Italy
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- Kirchhoff Institute for Physics, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 227, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Kirchhoff Institute for Physics, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 227, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Genova, Via Dodecaneso 33, 16146 Genova, Italy
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- Kirchhoff Institute for Physics, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 227, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Genova, Via Dodecaneso 33, 16146 Genova, Italy
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Mennucci C, Del Sorbo S, Pirotta S, Galli M, Andreani LC, Martella C, Giordano MC, Buatier de Mongeot F. Light scattering properties of self-organized nanostructured substrates for thin-film solar cells. Nanotechnology 2018; 29:355301. [PMID: 29856732 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/aac9ac] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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We investigate the scattering properties of novel kinds of nano-textured substrates, fabricated in a self-organized fashion by defocused ion beam sputtering. These substrates provide strong and broadband scattering of light and can be useful for applications in thin-film solar cells. In particular, we characterize the transmitted light in terms of haze and angle-resolved scattering, and we compare our results with those obtained for the commonly employed Asahi-U texture. The results indicate that the novel substrate has better scattering properties compared to reference Asahi-U substrates. We observe super-Lambertian light scattering behavior in selected spectral and angular regions due to the peculiar morphology of the nano-textured interface, which combines high aspect ratio pseudo random structures with a one-dimensional periodic pattern. The enhancement of light absorption observed in a prototype thin film semiconductor absorber grown on nano-textured glass with respect to an Asahi-U substrate further confirms the superior light trapping properties of the novel substrate.
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- C Mennucci
- Department of Physics, University of Genova, Via Dodecaneso 33, I-16146 Genova, Italy
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Corbin JC, Mensah AA, Pieber SM, Orasche J, Michalke B, Zanatta M, Czech H, Massabò D, Buatier de Mongeot F, Mennucci C, El Haddad I, Kumar NK, Stengel B, Huang Y, Zimmermann R, Prévôt ASH, Gysel M. Trace Metals in Soot and PM 2.5 from Heavy-Fuel-Oil Combustion in a Marine Engine. Environ Sci Technol 2018; 52:6714-6722. [PMID: 29688717 PMCID: PMC5990929 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.8b01764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2018] [Accepted: 04/24/2018] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Heavy fuel oil (HFO) particulate matter (PM) emitted by marine engines is known to contain toxic heavy metals, including vanadium (V) and nickel (Ni). The toxicity of such metals will depend on the their chemical state, size distribution, and mixing state. Using online soot-particle aerosol mass spectrometry (SP-AMS), we quantified the mass of five metals (V, Ni, Fe, Na, and Ba) in HFO-PM soot particles produced by a marine diesel research engine. The in-soot metal concentrations were compared to in-PM2.5 measurements by inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES). We found that <3% of total PM2.5 metals was associated with soot particles, which may still be sufficient to influence in-cylinder soot burnout rates. Since these metals were most likely present as oxides, whereas studies on lower-temperature boilers report a predominance of sulfates, this result implies that the toxicity of HFO PM depends on its combustion conditions. Finally, we observed a 4-to-25-fold enhancement in the ratio V:Ni in soot particles versus PM2.5, indicating an enrichment of V in soot due to its lower nucleation/condensation temperature. As this enrichment mechanism is not dependent on soot formation, V is expected to be generally enriched within smaller HFO-PM particles from marine engines, enhancing its toxicity.
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- J. C. Corbin
- Laboratory
of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer
Institute, CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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- Institute
for Atmospheric Chemistry, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory
of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer
Institute, CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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- Joint
Mass Spectrometry Centre, Cooperation Group Comprehensive Molecular
Analytics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ingolstädter Landstrasse
1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
- Joint
Mass Spectrometry Centre, Chair of Analytical Chemistry, Institute
of Chemistry, University of Rostock, Dr.-Lorenz-Weg 2, 18059 Rostock, Germany
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- Research
Unit Analytical Biogeochemistry, Helmholtz
Zentrum München, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Laboratory
of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer
Institute, CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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- Joint
Mass Spectrometry Centre, Chair of Analytical Chemistry, Institute
of Chemistry, University of Rostock, Dr.-Lorenz-Weg 2, 18059 Rostock, Germany
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- INFN, Sezione
di Genova, Via Dodecaneso 22, 16146 Genova, Italy
- Department
of Physics, University of Genoa, Via Dodecaneso 33, 16146 Genova, Italy
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- Department
of Physics, University of Genoa, Via Dodecaneso 33, 16146 Genova, Italy
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- Laboratory
of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer
Institute, CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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- Laboratory
of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer
Institute, CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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- Department
of Piston Machines and Internal Combustion Engines, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 2, 18059 Rostock, Germany
- HICE −
Helmholtz Virtual Institute of Complex Molecular Systems in Environmental
Health, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Joint
Mass Spectrometry Centre, Chair of Analytical Chemistry, Institute
of Chemistry, University of Rostock, Dr.-Lorenz-Weg 2, 18059 Rostock, Germany
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- Joint
Mass Spectrometry Centre, Cooperation Group Comprehensive Molecular
Analytics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ingolstädter Landstrasse
1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
- Joint
Mass Spectrometry Centre, Chair of Analytical Chemistry, Institute
of Chemistry, University of Rostock, Dr.-Lorenz-Weg 2, 18059 Rostock, Germany
- HICE −
Helmholtz Virtual Institute of Complex Molecular Systems in Environmental
Health, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Laboratory
of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer
Institute, CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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- Laboratory
of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer
Institute, CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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Szajna K, Kratzer M, Wrana D, Mennucci C, Jany BR, Buatier de Mongeot F, Teichert C, Krok F. Influence of TiO2(110) surface roughness on growth and stability of thin organic films. J Chem Phys 2016; 145:144703. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4964370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- K. Szajna
- Marian Smoluchowski Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Krakow 30-348, Poland
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- Institute of Physics, Montanuniversitat Leoben, Leoben 8700, Austria
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- Marian Smoluchowski Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Krakow 30-348, Poland
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Genova, Genova 16146, Italy
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- Marian Smoluchowski Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Krakow 30-348, Poland
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- Institute of Physics, Montanuniversitat Leoben, Leoben 8700, Austria
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- Marian Smoluchowski Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Krakow 30-348, Poland
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Pedraz P, Casado S, Rodriguez V, Giordano MC, Mongeot FBD, Ayuso-Sacido A, Gnecco E. Adhesion modification of neural stem cells induced by nanoscale ripple patterns. Nanotechnology 2016; 27:125301. [PMID: 26889870 DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/27/12/125301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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We have studied the influence of anisotropic nanopatterns (ripples) on the adhesion and morphology of mouse neural stem cells (C17.2) on glass substrates using cell viability assay, optical microscopy and atomic force microscopy. The ripples were produced by defocused ion beam sputtering with inert Ar ions, which physically remove atoms from the surface at the energy of 800 eV. The ripple periodicity (∼200 nm) is comparable to the thickness of the cytoplasmatic microspikes (filopodia) which link the stem cells to the substrate. All methods show that the cell adhesion is significantly lowered compared to the same type of cells on flat glass surfaces. Furthermore, the AFM analysis reveals that the filopodia tend to be trapped parallel or perpendicular to the ripples, which limits the spreading of the stem cell on the rippled substrate. This opens the perspective of controlling the micro-adhesion of stem cells and the orientation of their filopodia by tuning the anisotropic substrate morphology without chemical reactions occurring at the surface.
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- P Pedraz
- IMDEA Nanociencia, Campus Universitario de Cantoblanco, Calle Faraday 9, E-28049 Madrid, Spain
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Martella C, Chiappe D, Delli Veneri P, Mercaldo LV, Usatii I, Buatier de Mongeot F. Self-organized broadband light trapping in thin film amorphous silicon solar cells. Nanotechnology 2013; 24:225201. [PMID: 23633473 DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/24/22/225201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Nanostructured glass substrates endowed with high aspect ratio one-dimensional corrugations are prepared by defocused ion beam erosion through a self-organized gold (Au) stencil mask. The shielding action of the stencil mask is amplified by co-deposition of gold atoms during ion bombardment. The resulting glass nanostructures enable broadband anti-reflection functionality and at the same time ensure a high efficiency for diffuse light scattering (Haze). It is demonstrated that the patterned glass substrates exhibit a better photon harvesting than the flat glass substrate in p-i-n type thin film a-Si:H solar cells.
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- C Martella
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Genova, via Dodecaneso 33, I-16146 Genova, Italy
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Malavolti L, Poggini L, Margheriti L, Chiappe D, Graziosi P, Cortigiani B, Lanzilotto V, de Mongeot FB, Ohresser P, Otero E, Choueikani F, Sainctavit P, Bergenti I, Dediu VA, Mannini M, Sessoli R. Magnetism of TbPc2 SMMs on ferromagnetic electrodes used in organic spintronics. Chem Commun (Camb) 2013; 49:11506-8. [DOI: 10.1039/c3cc46868b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Belardini A, Larciprete MC, Centini M, Fazio E, Sibilia C, Chiappe D, Martella C, Toma A, Giordano M, Buatier de Mongeot F. Circular dichroism in the optical second-harmonic emission of curved gold metal nanowires. Phys Rev Lett 2011; 107:257401. [PMID: 22243110 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.107.257401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Here we report the experimental observation of circular dichroism in the second-harmonic field (800-400 nm conversion) generated by self-organized gold nanowire arrays with subwavelength periodicity (160 nm). Such circular dichroism, raised by a nonlinear optical extrinsic chirality, is the evident signature of the sample morphology. It arises from the curvature of the self-assembled wires, producing a lack of symmetry at oblique incidence. The results were compared, both in the optical linear and nonlinear regime, with a reference sample composed of straight wires. Despite the weak extrinsic optical chirality of our samples (not observable by our optical linear measurements), high visibility (more than 50%) was obtained in the second-harmonic generated field.
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- A Belardini
- Dipartimento di Scienze di Base e Applicate per l'Ingegneria, Sapienza Università di Roma and CNISM, Via A. Scarpa 16, I-00161 Roma, Italy.
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Pierno M, Bruschi L, Fois G, Mistura G, Boragno C, de Mongeot FB, Valbusa U. Nanofriction of neon films on superconducting lead. Phys Rev Lett 2010; 105:016102. [PMID: 20867468 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.105.016102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2010] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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With a quartz crystal microbalance technique we have studied the nanofriction of neon monolayers deposited on a lead surface at a temperature around 7 K. Unlike heavier adsorbates, Ne is found to systematically slide at such low temperatures without any evidence of pinning. The crossing of the Pb superconducting-metal transition is not accompanied by any change in dissipation, suggesting that the electronic contribution to friction is negligible for this system.
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- M Pierno
- CNISM and Dipartimento di Fisica G. Galilei, Università di Padova, via Marzolo 8, 35131 Padova, Italy
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We review results relative to the formation of regular nanoscale patterns on metal substrates exposed to defocused ion beam irradiation. Particular emphasis is placed on work which demonstrates the possibility of controllably modifying chemico-physical properties of the material by tailoring the nanoscale morphology during IBS patterning. Starting from the well-established results found on single-crystal model systems, we show how the controlled modification of the atomic step termination can deeply affect chemical reactivity or magnetic anisotropy. We then look in greater detail at the more recent attempts focused on the extension of IBS patterning on supported polycrystalline metal films, a promising class of systems in view of potential applications. A modification of the functional properties of metal films can also be obtained by forcing a shape anisotropy of the nanostructures. The modification of the optical response of polycrystalline metal nanowires supported on anisotropic templates produced by IBS provides a clear example of this.
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Buatier de Mongeot F, Toma A, Molle A, Lizzit S, Petaccia L, Baraldi A. Self-organised synthesis of Rh nanostructures with tunable chemical reactivity. Nanoscale Res Lett 2007; 2:251. [PMCID: PMC3246352 DOI: 10.1007/s11671-007-9059-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2007] [Accepted: 04/13/2007] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Nonequilibrium periodic nanostructures such as nanoscale ripples, mounds and rhomboidal pyramids formed on Rh(110) are particularly interesting as candidate model systems with enhanced catalytic reactivity, since they are endowed with steep facets running along nonequilibrium low-symmetry directions, exposing a high density of undercoordinated atoms. In this review we report on the formation of these novel nanostructured surfaces, a kinetic process which can be controlled by changing parameters such as temperature, sputtering ion flux and energy. The role of surface morphology with respect to chemical reactivity is investigated by analysing the carbon monoxide dissociation probability on the different nanostructured surfaces.
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- F Buatier de Mongeot
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Genova and CNISM, Via Dodecaneso 33, 16146, Genova, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Genova and CNISM, Via Dodecaneso 33, 16146, Genova, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Genova and CNISM, Via Dodecaneso 33, 16146, Genova, Italy
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- Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A, S.S. 14 Km 163.5, 34012, Trieste, Italy
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- Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A, S.S. 14 Km 163.5, 34012, Trieste, Italy
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- Physics Department and Center of Excellence for Nanostructured Materials, Trieste University, Via Valerio 2, 34127, Trieste, Italy
- Laboratorio TASC INFM-CNR, S.S. 14 Km 163.5, 34012, Trieste, Italy
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Buatier de Mongeot F, Toma A, Molle A, Lizzit S, Petaccia L, Baraldi A. Carbon monoxide dissociation on Rh nanopyramids. Phys Rev Lett 2006; 97:056103. [PMID: 17026119 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.97.056103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2006] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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CO dissociation on rhomboidal faceted nanopyramids, produced on Rh(110) by fine-tuning of ion irradiation conditions, has been studied by high resolution core-level spectroscopy. We find that this morphology presents a large efficiency towards CO dissociation, a process which is inhibited on flat (110) terraces. We also measured the reactivity of nanostructures bound by different artificial step distributions identifying the sites responsible for the molecular bond disruption in the undercoordinated (n=6) edges running along the [11[over ]2] equivalent directions, with CO sitting in on-top configuration.
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- F Buatier de Mongeot
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Genova, Via Dodecaneso 33, 16146 Genoa, Italy
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Bruschi L, Fois G, Pontarollo A, Mistura G, Torre B, Buatier de Mongeot F, Boragno C, Buzio R, Valbusa U. Structural depinning of Ne monolayers on Pb at T < 6/5 K. Phys Rev Lett 2006; 96:216101. [PMID: 16803253 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.96.216101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2006] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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We have studied the nanofriction of Ne monolayers with a quartz-crystal microbalance technique at temperatures below 6.5 K and in ultrahigh-vacuum conditions. Very homogeneous and smooth lead electrodes have been physically deposited on a quartz blank at 150 K and then annealed at room temperatures. With such a Pb-plated quartz-crystal microbalance, we have observed a pronounced depinning transition separating a low-coverage region, where the film is nearly locked to the oscillating electrode, from a high-coverage region characterized by slippage at the solid-fluid boundary. Such a behavior has been found to be very reproducible. These data are suggestive of a structural depinning of the solid Ne film when it becomes incommensurate with the lead substrate, in agreement with the results of an extensive molecular-dynamics study.
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- L Bruschi
- Dipartimento di Fisica G. Galilei, Università di Padova, via Marzolo 8, 35131 Padova, Italy
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Bisio F, Moroni R, Buatier de Mongeot F, Canepa M, Mattera L. Isolating the step contribution to the uniaxial magnetic anisotropy in nanostructured Fe/Ag(001) films. Phys Rev Lett 2006; 96:057204. [PMID: 16486975 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.96.057204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2005] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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We have investigated the possibility of isolating the step-induced in-plane uniaxial magnetic anisotropy in Fe/Ag(001) films on which nanoscale surface ripples were fabricated by the ion sculpting technique. For rippled Fe films deposited on flat Ag(001), the steps created along the ripple sidewalls are shown to be the only source of uniaxial anisotropy. Ion sculpting of ultrathin magnetic films allows one to selectively study the step-induced anisotropy and to investigate the correlation between local atomic environment and magnetic properties.
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- F Bisio
- CNR-INFM Unità di Genova and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Genova, via Dodecaneso 33, I-16146 Genova, Italy
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Molle A, Buatier de Mongeot F, Molinari A, Xiaerding F, Boragno C, Valbusa U. Self-organized formation of rhomboidal nanopyramids on fcc(110) metal surfaces. Phys Rev Lett 2004; 93:256103. [PMID: 15697917 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.93.256103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2004] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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We report on the far from equilibrium self-organized morphologies obtained after Xe ion irradiation of the Rh(110) and Cu(110) surfaces. Here we experimentally identify by means of high resolution LEED a novel interfacial state characterized by a rhomboidal pyramid islanding with majority steps oriented along nonequilibrium low-symmetry directions. The formation of the novel rhomboidal pyramid state and the transition to the well-known rippled phases results from a delicate interplay of kinetic processes which are controlled by acting on temperature, ion flux, and impact energy.
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- A Molle
- Dipartimento di Fisica and INFM-Unità di Genova, Via Dodecaneso 33, I-16146 Genova, Italy
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Moroni R, Sekiba D, Buatier de Mongeot F, Gonella G, Boragno C, Mattera L, Valbusa U. Uniaxial magnetic anisotropy in nanostructured Co/Cu(001): from surface ripples to nanowires. Phys Rev Lett 2003; 91:167207. [PMID: 14611439 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.91.167207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2003] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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We have investigated the correlation between morphology and magnetic anisotropy in nanostructured Co films on Cu(001). The formation of nanoscale ripples by ion erosion is found to deeply affect the magnetic properties of the Co film. A surface-type uniaxial magnetic anisotropy with easy axis parallel to the ripples is observed. The origin of the magnetic anisotropy has been identified with the modification of thermodynamic-step distribution induced by ripple formation. At higher ion doses, when Co ripples detach and crystalline nanowires form, a strong enhancement of the magnetic anisotropy due to magnetostatic contributions is observed.
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- R Moroni
- Unità INFM di Genova, Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università di Genova, and IMEM-CNR Sezione di Genova, via Dodecaneso 33, I-16146 Genova, Italy
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Vattuone L, Burghaus U, Savio L, Rocca M, Costantini G, Buatier de Mongeot F, Boragno C, Rusponi S, Valbusa U. Oxygen interaction with disordered and nanostructured Ag(001) surfaces. J Chem Phys 2001. [DOI: 10.1063/1.1386432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Costantini G, Buatier de Mongeot F, Boragno C, Valbusa U. Is ion sputtering always a "negative homoepitaxial deposition"? Phys Rev Lett 2001; 86:838-841. [PMID: 11177953 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.86.838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2000] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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We present a scanning tunneling microscopy study of the direct comparison between homoepitaxial deposition and surface ion sputtering on the Ag(001) system. At a temperature of 200 K, sputtering results in mound formation similar to the epitaxy case, while at higher temperatures an erosive regime sets in with the appearance of regular square pits. Contrary to the conventional wisdom, which considers ion sputtering as a deposition of vacancies, the analysis of single ion impact events reveals that the process produces both adatom and vacancy clusters. The key parameter determining the temperature dependence of surface morphology turns out to be the mobility of the adatom clusters which exceeds that of vacancy clusters.
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- G Costantini
- INFM-Unità di Ricerca di Genova, Centro CFSBT-CNR and Dipartimento di Fisica, Via Dodecaneso 33, I-16146 Genova, Italy
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Costantini G, Buatier de Mongeot F, Rusponi S, Boragno C, Valbusa U, Vattuone L, Burghaus U, Savio L, Rocca M. Tuning surface reactivity byin situsurface nanostructuring. J Chem Phys 2000. [DOI: 10.1063/1.481259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- F. Buatier de Mongeot
- CFSBT-CNR and INFM, Dipartimento di Fisica dell’Universita di Genova, V. Dodecaneso, 33-16146 Genova, Italy
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- CFSBT-CNR and INFM, Dipartimento di Fisica dell’Universita di Genova, V. Dodecaneso, 33-16146 Genova, Italy
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- CFSBT-CNR and INFM, Dipartimento di Fisica dell’Universita di Genova, V. Dodecaneso, 33-16146 Genova, Italy
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- CFSBT-CNR and INFM, Dipartimento di Fisica dell’Universita di Genova, V. Dodecaneso, 33-16146 Genova, Italy
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- Department of Physics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S. B3H 3J5 Canada
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- Department of Physics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S. B3H 3J5 Canada
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