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Thomas Diemant1, Andreas Bergbreiter, Joachim Bansmann
1Institute of Surface Chemistry and Catalysis, Ulm University, 89069 Ulm, Germany.
Abstract:
The correlation between structural and chemical properties of bimetallic PtRu/Ru(0001) model catalysts and their modification upon stepwise annealing of a submonolayer Pt-covered Ru(0001) surface up to the formation of an equilibrated Pt(x)Ru(1-x)/Ru(0001) monolayer surface alloy was investigated by scanning tunneling microscopy and by the adsorption of CO and D(2) probe molecules. Both temperature-programmed desorption and IR measurements demonstrate the influence of the surface structure on the adsorption properties of the bimetallic surface, which can be explained by changes of the composition of the adsorption ensembles (ensemble effects) for D adsorption and by changes in the electronic interaction (ligand effects, strain effects) of the metallic constituents for CO and D adsorption upon alloy formation.
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