Characterization of local hydrophobicity on sapphire (0001) surfaces in aqueous environment by colloidal probe atomic force microscopy
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2016.11.112
Abstract: Abstract Sapphire (0001) surfaces exhibit a phase-separation into hydrophobic and hydrophilic domains upon high-temperature annealing, which were previously distinguished by the thickness of adsorbed water layers in air using atomic force microscopy (AFM). To characterize… read more here.
Keywords: probe; microscopy; sapphire 0001; force ... See more keywords
Assessment of multiscale hydrogen desorption models from (0001) Be surfaces
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2020.152595
Abstract: Abstract Beryllium is a proposed neutron multiplier material in future fusion devices like ITER and DEMO. As such, numerous studies of neutron-irradiated beryllium specimen have shown the appearance of facetted bubbles with considerable tritium accumulation… read more here.
Keywords: desorption; tpd spectra; hydrogen; adsorbed hydrogen ... See more keywords
Synergistic Effects of Crystal Phase and Strain for N2 Dissociation on Ru(0001) Surfaces with Multilayered Hexagonal Close-Packed Structures
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DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c06400
Abstract: The synergistic effects of strain and crystal phase on the reaction activity of nitrogen molecule dissociation have been studied using density functional theory calculations on Ru(0001) surfaces with multilayered hexagonal close-packed structures. The phase transformation… read more here.
Keywords: 0001 surfaces; close packed; dissociation; crystal phase ... See more keywords