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In situ atomic-scale visualization of oxide islanding during oxidation of Cu surfaces

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CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 49, Issue 92, Pages 10862-10864

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ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c3cc46684a

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  1. U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Division of Materials Sciences and Engineering [DE-FG02-09ER46600]
  2. U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences [DE-AC02-98CH10886]
  3. National Science Foundation [OCI-105375]

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Oxidation of Cu occurs via Cu2O islanding on an oxide wetting layer at a critical thickness of two atomic layers. The transition from 2D wetting-layer growth to 3D oxide islanding is driven energetically arising from the Cu-Cu2O interfacial interaction.

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