TY  - JOUR
AB  - Atomic resolution images of the polar (000 (1) over bar) surface of lithium niobate (LiNbO3) are achieved by frequency modulation atomic force microscopy operated at the solid-water interface. The measured data reveal a hexagonal surface unit cell. Its lattice constant corresponds to the bulk-truncated structure, suggesting that the high-temperature annealed surface does not reconstruct. Compared to the (000 (1) over bar) surface, high-resolution imaging on the oppositely charged (0001) surface is considerably more difficult to achieve. This finding is rationalized by density functional calculations that indicate a higher corrugation and softer bonds on the (000 (1) over bar) surface compared to the (0001) surface.
DA  - 2012
DO  - 10.1103/PhysRevB.86.075468
LA  - eng
IS  - 7
PY  - 2012
SN  - 1098-0121
T2  - Physical Review B
TI  - Atomic-resolution imaging of the polar (0001) surface of LiNbO3 in aqueous solution by frequency modulation atomic force microscopy
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0070-pub-29138117
Y2  - 2024-11-24T15:02:21
ER  -