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Imaging pattern formation: bridging the pressure gap

  • Two surface-sensitive optical imaging methods, Ellipso-Microscopy for surface Imaging (EMSI) and Reflection Anisotropy Microscopy (RAM) are introduced. They allow imaging of pattern formation on surfaces, e.g., due to submonolayer coverages of adsorbates, at any arbitrary pressure. In spatio-temporal pattern formation during heterogeneously catalysed reactions this bridges the ‘pressure gap’ between well-defined UHV experiments and ‘real catalysis’. For the CO oxidation on Pt(110), theTwo surface-sensitive optical imaging methods, Ellipso-Microscopy for surface Imaging (EMSI) and Reflection Anisotropy Microscopy (RAM) are introduced. They allow imaging of pattern formation on surfaces, e.g., due to submonolayer coverages of adsorbates, at any arbitrary pressure. In spatio-temporal pattern formation during heterogeneously catalysed reactions this bridges the ‘pressure gap’ between well-defined UHV experiments and ‘real catalysis’. For the CO oxidation on Pt(110), the parameter space for pattern formation was extended up to 100 mbar, i.e., by 5 orders of magnitude compared to earlier investigations by Photo-Emission Electron Microscopy (PEEM) which had to be conducted below 10−3 mbar. With increasing pressure, the synchronisation mechanisms responsible for the observed pattern showed a gradual shift from reaction-diffusion to thermal-kinetic coupling unveiling previously unseen features of pattern formation in catalysis.show moreshow less

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Author:H. H. Rotermund, G. Haas, Robert U. Franz, R. M. Tromp, G. Ertl
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01542865
Parent Title (English):In: Applied Physics A 61 (1995) 6, pp 569-574
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Year of Publishing:1995
Date of Publication (online):2014/10/28
Release Date:2014/10/28
First Page:569
Last Page:574
University Bibliography:Hochschulbibliografie
Licence (German):Creative Commons - Namensnennung, Nicht kommerziell, Keine Bearbeitung
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