Molecular anchoring to oxide surfaces in ultrahigh vacuum and in aqueous electrolytes: phosphonic acids on atomically-defined cobalt oxide

• DOI: 10.1039/c9cp03779a
• Publication Date: 2019-10-14T06:43:34Z
• Authors: Manon Bertram; Christian Schuschke; Fabian Waidhas; Matthias Schwarz; Chantal Hohner; María A. Montero; Olaf Brummel; Jörg Libuda
• Keywords: ULTRA HIGH VACUUM; AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTES; OXIDE SURFACES; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.4; MOLECULAR ANCHORING; 02 engineering and technology; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; 0210 nano-technology

In this work, we investigated the interaction of phenylphosphonic acid (PPA, C6H5PO3H2) with atomically-defined Co3O4(111) thin films, grown on Ir(100), under ultrahigh vacuum (UHV) conditions and in the electrochemical environment.