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Subsurface reconstruction and saturation of surface bonds

Linhan Liu1, Yonghao Sun1, Zhiying Cheng1

  • 1National Center for Electron Microscopy in Beijing, School of Aterials Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials of Ministry of Education of China, State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.

Science Bulletin
|February 8, 2023
PubMed
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Insulator surfaces are challenging. This study reveals spinel (111) surface stabilization via subsurface reconstruction, not surface changes, offering new insights into complex oxide stability.

Keywords:
Density functional calculationsSpinel oxidesSurface reconstructionTransmission electron microscopy

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