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      Multi-Channel Exploration of O Adatom on TiO 2(110) Surface by Scanning Probe Microscopy

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          We studied the O 2 dissociated state under the different O 2 exposed temperatures with atomic resolution by scanning probe microscopy (SPM) and imaged the O adatom by simultaneous atomic force microscopy (AFM)/scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). The effect of AFM operation mode on O adatom contrast was investigated, and the interaction of O adatom and the subsurface defect was observed by AFM/STM. Multi-channel exploration was performed to investigate the charge transfer between the adsorbed O and the TiO 2(110) by obtaining the frequency shift, tunneling current and local contact potential difference at an atomic scale. The tunneling current image showed the difference of the tunneling possibility on the single O adatom and paired O adatoms, and the local contact potential difference distribution of the O-TiO 2(110) surface institutively revealed the charge transfer from TiO 2(110) surface to O adatom. The experimental results are expected to be helpful in investigating surface/interface properties by SPM.

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                Journal
                Nanomaterials (Basel)
                Nanomaterials (Basel)
                nanomaterials
                Nanomaterials
                MDPI
                2079-4991
                31 July 2020
                August 2020
                : 10
                : 8
                : 1506
                Affiliations
                [1 ]Key Laboratory of Instrumentation Science and Dynamic Measurement, School of Instrument and Electronics, North University of China, Taiyuan 030051, China; wenhuanfei@ 123456nuc.edu.cn (H.F.W.); sugawara@ 123456ap.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp (Y.S.)
                [2 ]Department of Applied Physics, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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                https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2972-9669
                Article
                nanomaterials-10-01506
                10.3390/nano10081506
                7466602
                32751956
                bb7df22e-c772-4513-95b0-de243e242458
                © 2020 by the authors.

                Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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                : 08 July 2020
                : 29 July 2020
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                multi-channel,surface property,scanning probe microscopy

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