Apparatus for dosing liquid water in ultrahigh vacuum
| dc.contributor.author | Balajka, Jan | cs |
| dc.contributor.author | Pavelec, Jiří | cs |
| dc.contributor.author | Komora, Mojmír | cs |
| dc.contributor.author | Schmid, Michael | cs |
| dc.contributor.author | Diebold, Ulrike | cs |
| dc.coverage.issue | 8 | cs |
| dc.coverage.volume | 89 | cs |
| dc.date.issued | 2018-08-30 | cs |
| dc.description.abstract | The structure of the solid-liquid interface often defines the function and performance of materials in applications. To study this interface at the atomic scale, we extended an ultrahigh vacuum (UHV) surface-science chamber with an apparatus that allows bringing a surface in contact with ultrapure liquid water without exposure to air. In this process, a sample, typically a single crystal prepared and characterized in UHV, is transferred into a separate, small chamber. This chamber already contains a volume of ultrapure water ice. The ice is at cryogenic temperature, which reduces its vapor pressure to the UHV range. Upon warming, the ice melts and forms a liquid droplet, which is deposited on the sample. In test experiments, a rutile TiO2(110) single crystal exposed to liquid water showed unprecedented surface purity, as established by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and scanning tunneling microscopy. These results enabled us to separate the effect of pure water from the effect of low-level impurities present in the air. Other possible uses of the setup are discussed. (C) 2018 Author(s). | en |
| dc.format | text | cs |
| dc.format.extent | 1-6 | cs |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | cs |
| dc.identifier.citation | REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS. 2018, vol. 89, issue 8, p. 1-6. | en |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1063/1.5046846 | cs |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1089-7623 | cs |
| dc.identifier.other | 169880 | cs |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11012/196363 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | cs |
| dc.publisher | AIP Publishing | cs |
| dc.relation.ispartof | REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS | cs |
| dc.relation.uri | https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.5046846 | cs |
| dc.rights | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International | cs |
| dc.rights.access | openAccess | cs |
| dc.rights.sherpa | http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/issn/1089-7623/ | cs |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | cs |
| dc.subject | Vacuum apparatus | en |
| dc.subject | Mechanical instruments | en |
| dc.subject | Scanning tunneling microscopy | en |
| dc.subject | Surface science | en |
| dc.title | Apparatus for dosing liquid water in ultrahigh vacuum | en |
| dc.type.driver | article | en |
| dc.type.status | Peer-reviewed | en |
| dc.type.version | publishedVersion | en |
| sync.item.dbid | VAV-169880 | en |
| sync.item.dbtype | VAV | en |
| sync.item.insts | 2025.02.03 15:48:12 | en |
| sync.item.modts | 2025.01.17 16:38:15 | en |
| thesis.grantor | Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta strojního inženýrství. Ústav fyzikálního inženýrství | cs |
| thesis.grantor | Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Středoevropský technologický institut VUT. Příprava a charakterizace nanostruktur | cs |
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