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Identification of individual 4-methylpyridine molecules physisorbed and chemisorbed on TiO2(110)-(1 x 1) surface by STM

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We succeeded in identifying geometries of 4-methylpyridine (4-MP) molecules adsorbed on a TiO2(110)-(1 x 1) surface based on sequential STM imaging. Characteristics in mobility, topographic height, and location allowed us to distinguish three adsorption states at room temperature: a chemisorbed state with the upright geometry (A1), a flat-lying state localized at specific sites (A2), and a flat-lying physisorbed state mobile over the surface (B). The concentration of A1 and A2 species was restricted at an order of 0.01 ML. The A2 state was related to the adsorption at oxygen vacancies resident on the vacuum-annealed surface. The present study demonstrates the promising ability of STM to identify the adsorption geometry of small probe molecules, 4-methylpyridine in the present case, and to provide atom-level information on the origin of acidic property of oxide surfaces.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan

    Shushi Suzuki, Hiroshi Onishi, Takehiko Sasaki, Ken-ichi Fukui & Yasuhiro Iwasawa

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Suzuki, S., Onishi, H., Sasaki, T. et al. Identification of individual 4-methylpyridine molecules physisorbed and chemisorbed on TiO2(110)-(1 x 1) surface by STM. Catalysis Letters 54, 177–180 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1019085501925

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