2024
Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Visualization of Polaron Charge Trapping by Hydroxyls on TiO2 (110).
Chi-Ming Yim, Michael Allan, Chi Lun Pang, and Geoff Thornton
J. Phys. Chem. C 2024, 128, 33, 14100–14106
10.1021/acs.jpcc.4c03751
Structure of rutile TiO2 photocatalytic interfaces .
Hadeel Hussain, and Geoff Thronton
In: Wandelt, K., Bussetti, G. (eds.) Encyclopedia of Solid-Liquid Interfaces. vol. 3, pp. 189–199. Elsevier.
10.1016/B978-0-323-85669-0.00009-X
2023
Fabrication of Isolated Iron Nanowires .
David C. Grinter, Bobbie-Jean A. Shaw, Chi L. Pang, Chi-Ming Yim, Christopher A. Muryn, Charlotte A. Hall, Francesco Maccherozzi, Sarnjeet S. Dhesi, Masahiko Suzuki, Tsuneo Yasue, Takanori Koshikawa, and Geoff Thornton
J. Phys. Chem. Lett.
10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c02362
Zero Threshold for Water Adsorption on MAPbBr3 .
Robin Kerr, Thomas J. Macdonald, Alex J. Tanner, Jiangdong Yu, Julia A. Davies, Helen H. Fielding, and Geoff Thornton
Small 2023, 2301014
10.1002/smll.202301014
2022
Structure and reactivity of model CeO2 surfaces.
David Grinter and Geoff Thornton
J. Phys.: Condens. Matter
10.1088/1361-648X/ac5d89
TiO2 Polarons in the Time Domain: Implications for Photocatalysis .
Alex J. Tanner and Geoff Thornton
J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2022, 13, 2, 8363–8369
10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c03677
Direct Visualization of a Gold Nanoparticle Electron Trapping Effect .
Oscar Bentley Jerdmyr Williams, Khabiboulakh Katsiev, Byeongjin Baek, George Harrison, Geoff Thornton, and Hicham Idriss
J. Am. Chem. Soc.
10.1021/jacs.1c12197
2021
Size and Shape Dependence of the Electronic Structure of Gold Nanoclusters on TiO2 .
Chi-Ming Yim, Philomena Schlexer Lamoureux, Andrew Mellor, Chi L. Pang, Hicham Idriss, Gianfranco Pacchioni, and Geoff Thornton
J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2021, 12, 34, 8363–8369
10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c02167
Chemical Modification of Polaronic States in Anatase TiO2 (101).
Alex J. Tanner, Robin Kerr, Helen H. Fielding, and Geoff Thornton
J. Phys. Chem. C 2021, 125, 26, 14348–14355
10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c03684
Carboxylate Adsorption on Rutile TiO2 (100): Role of Coulomb Repulsion, Relaxation, and Steric Hindrance.
Immad M. Nadeem, Laura Hargreaves, George T. Harrison, Hicham Idriss, Alexander L. Shluger, and Geoff Thornton
J. Phys. Chem. C 2021, 125, 25, 13770–13779
10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c00892
Ce=O Terminated CeO2 .
David C. Grinter, Michael Allan, Hyun Jin Yang, Agustín Salcedo, Gustavo E. Murgida, Bobbie-Jean Shaw, Chi L. Pang, Hicham Idriss, M. Verónica Ganduglia-Pirovano, and Geoff Thornton
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 13835 – 13839
10.1002/anie.202101771
Polaron-Adsorbate Coupling at the TiO2 (110)-Carboxylate Interface.
Alex J. Tanner, Bo Wen, Jorge Ontaneda, Yu Zhang, Ricardo Grau-Crespo, Helen H. Fielding, Annabella Selloni, and Geoff Thornton
J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2021, 12, 14, 3571–3576
10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c00678
Photoexcitation of bulk polarons in rutile TiO2 .
Alex J. Tanner, Bo Wen, Yu Zhang, Li-Min Liu, Helen H. Fielding, Annabella Selloni, and Geoff Thornton
Phys. Rev. B 2021, 103, 12, L121402
10.1103/PhysRevB.103.L121402
A combined laboratory and synchrotron in-situ photoemission study of the rutile TiO2 (110)/water interface.
Conor Byrne, Khadisha M Zahra, Simran Dhaliwal, David C Grinter, Kanak Roy, Wilson Q Garzon, Georg Held, Geoff Thornton, and Alex S Walton
J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 2021, 54, 19, 194001
10.1088/1361-6463%2Fabddfb
2020
Orientation of acetic acid hydrogen bonded to acetate terminated TiO2 (110).
Coinneach Mackenzie Dover, David C. Grinter, Chi Ming Yim, Christopher A. Muryn, Hendrik Bluhm, Miquel B. Salmerón, and Geoff Thornton
Surf. Sci. 2020, 699, 121628
10.1016/j.susc.2020.121628
Photoemission core level binding energies from multiple sized nanoparticles on the same support: TiO2 (110)/Au.
Andrew Mellor, Axel Wilson, Chi L. Pang, Chi M. Yim, Francesco Maccherozzi, Sarnjeet S. Dhesi, Christopher A. Muryn, Hicham Idriss, and Geoff Thornton
J. Chem. Phys. 2020, 152, 2, 024709
10.1063/1.5135760
2019
State-Selective Dynamics of TiO2 Charge-Carrier Trapping and Recombination.
Yu Zhang, Daniel T. Payne, Chi L. Pang, Cephise Cacho, Richard T. Chapman, Emma Springate, Helen H. Fielding, and Geoff Thornton
J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2019, 10, 17, 5265-5270
10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b02153
Gold Cluster Coverage Effect on H2 Production over Rutile TiO2 (110).
K. Katsiev, G. Harrison, Y. Al-Salik, G. Thornton, and H. Idriss
ACS Catal. 2019, 9, 9, 8294-8305
10.1021/acscatal.9b01890
Water-Induced Reversal of the TiO2 (011)-(2 × 1) Surface Reconstruction: Observed with in Situ Surface X-ray Diffraction.
Hadeel Hussain, Mahmoud H. M. Ahmed, Xavier Torrelles, David C. Grinter, Gregory Cabailh, Oier Bikondoa, Christopher Nicklin, Ulrich Aschauer, Robert Lindsay, and Geoff Thornton
J. Phys. Chem. C 2019, 123, 22, 13545-13550
10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b04383
Redox behaviour of a ceria–zirconia inverse model catalyst.
Michael Allan, David Grinter, Simran Dhaliwal, Christopher A. Muryn, Thomas Forrest, Francesco Maccherozzi, Sarnjeet S. Dhesi, and Geoff Thornton
Surf. Sci. 2019, 682, 8-13
10.1016/j.susc.2018.12.005
Structure of a Superhydrophilic Surface: Wet Chemically Prepared Rutile-TiO2 (110)(1 × 1).
J. P. W. Treacy, H. Hussain, X. Torrelles, G. Cabailh, O. Bikondoa, C. Nicklin, G. Thornton, and R. Lindsay
J. Phys. Chem. C 2019, 123, 13, 8463-8468
10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b00245
Electron induced nanoscale engineering of rutile TiO2 surfaces .
David S Humphrey, Chi L Pang, Qiao Chen, and Geoff Thornton
Nanotechnology 2019, 30, 025303
10.1088/1361-6528/aae95b
Visualization of Water-Induced Surface Segregation of Polarons on Rutile TiO2 (110)
Chi M. Yim, Ji Chen, Yu Zhang, Bobbie-Jean Shaw, Chi L. Pang, David C. Grinter, Hendrik Bluhm, Miquel Salmeron, Christopher A. Muryn, Angelos Michaelides, and Geoff Thornton
J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2018, 9, 17, 4865–4871
10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b01904
Fossil biomass preserved as graphitic carbon in a late Paleoproterozoic banded iron formation metamorphosed at more than 550°C.
Dominic Papineau, Bradley T. De Gregorio, James Sagar, Richard Thorogate, Jianhua Wang, Larry Nittler, David A. Kilcoyne, Hubertus Marbach, Martin Drost, and Geoff Thornton
Journal of the Geological Society
10.1144/jgs2018-097
2018 Switch in Photocatalytic Reaction Selectivity: the Effect of Oxygen Partial Pressure on Carbon-Carbon Bond Dissociation over Hydroxylated TiO2( 110) Surfaces , G. Harrison, K. Katsiev, Y. Alsalik, G. Thornton, H. Idriss, J. Catal. 363 117-127 (2018).
Water Dissociates at the Aqueous Interface with Reduced Anatase TiO2(101) , I.M. Nadeem, J.P.W. Treacy, S. Selcuk, X. Torrelles, H. Hussain, A. Wilson, D.C. Grinter, G. Cabailh, O. Bikondoa, C. Nicklin, A. Selloni, J. Zegenhagen, R. Lindsay, G. Thornton, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 9 3131-3136 (2018).
Variation of SMSI with the Au:Pd Ratio of Bimetallic Nanoparticles on TiO2 (110) , R. Gubó, C.M. Yim, M. Allan, C.L. Pang, A. Berkó, G. Thornton, Top Catal 61, 308–317 (2018).
Bridging Hydroxyls on Anatase TiO2 (101) by Water Dissociation in Oxygen Vacancies , I.M. Nadeem, G.T. Harrison, A. Wilson, C.L. Pang, J. Zegenhagen, G. Thornton, J. Phys. Chem. B 122 834-839 (2018).
2017 Structure of the SnO2(110)-(4×1) Surface , L.R. Merte, M.S. Jorgensen, K. Pussi, J. Gustafson, M. Shipilin, A. Schaefer, C. Zhang, J. Rawle, C. Nicklin, G. Thornton, R. Lindsay, B. Hammer, E. Lundgren, Phys. Rev. Lett. 119 096102 (2017).
Structure of a Model TiO2 Photocatalytic Interface , H. Hussain, G. Tocci, T. Woolcot, X. Torrelles, C.L. Pang, D.S. Humphrey, C.M. Yim, D.C. Grinter, G. Cabailh, O. Bikondoa, R. Lindsay, J. Zegenhagen, A. Michaelides, G. Thornton, Nature Materials 16 461-466 (2017).
Geometric Structure of Anatase TiO2 (101) , J.P.W. Treacy, H. Hussain, X. Torrelles, D.C. Grinter, G. Cabailh, O. Bikondoa, C. Nicklin, S. Selcuk, A. Selloni, R. Lindsay, G.Thornton, Phys. Rev. B 95 075416 (2017).
Mechanism of Ethanol Photooxidation on Single-Crystal Anatase TiO2 (101) , K. Katsiev, G. Harrison, H. Alghamdi, Y. Alsalik, A. Wilson, G. Thornton, H. Idriss, J. Phys. Chem. C 121 2940-2950 (2017).
Direct Visualization of Au Atoms Bound to TiO2 (110) O-Vacanciess , A. Mellor, D. Humphrey, C.M. Yim, C.L. Pang, H. Idriss, G. Thornton, J. Phys. Chem. C 121 24721-24725 (2017).
2016 Coverage-Dependent Two-Photon Photoexcitation at the H2 O/TiO2 Interface , D.T. Payne, Y. Zhang, C.L. Pang, H.H. Fielding, G. Thornton, Surf. Sci. 652 189-194 (2016).
Creating Excess Electrons at the Anatase TiO2 (101) Surface , D. Payne, Y. Zhang, C.L. Pang, H. Fielding, G. Thornton, Topics in Catal. 60 392-400 (2016)
Diffusion Barriers Block Defect Occupation on Reduced CeO2 (111) , P.G. Lustemberg, Y. Pan, B.J. Shaw, D.C. Grinter, C.L. Pang, G. Thornton, R. Perez, M.V. Ganduglia, N. Nilius, Phys. Rev. Lett. 116 236101 (2016).
Engineering Polarons at a Metal Oxide Surface , C.M. Yim, M.B. Watkins, C.L. Pang, M.J. Wolf, K. Hermansson, G. Thornton, Phys. Rev. Lett. 117 116402 (2016).
Quantitative Structure of an Acetate Dye Molecule Analogue at the TiO2 -Acetic Acid Interfacee , H.Hussain, X. Torrelles, G. Cabailh, P. Rajput, R. Lindsay, O. Bikondoa, M. Tillotson, R. Grau-Crespo, J. Zegenhagen, G. Thornton, J. Phys. Chem. C 120 7586-7590 (2016).
Simulation of Near Edge X-ray Absorption Fine Structure (NEXAFS) Measurements of CO on Supported Pd Nanoparticles , Topics in Catalysis, C.M. Yim, C.L. Pang, G. Thornton, Topics in Catal. 59 708-724 (2016).
Spillover Reoxidation of Ceria Nanoparticles , D.C. Grinter, C.A. Muryn, A. Alessandro, C.M. Yim, C.L. Pang, T.O. Mentes, A. Locatelli, G. Thornton, J. Phys. Chem. C 120 11037- 11044 (2016)
Structure of a Model Dye/Titania Interface: Geometry of Benzoate on Rutile-TiO2 (110)(1 x 1) , W.Busayaporn, D.A. Duncan, F. Allegrettti, A. Wander, M. Bech, P.J. Møller, B.P. Doyle, N.M. Harrison, G. Thornton, R. Lindsay, J. Phys. Chem. C 120 14690-14698 (2016).
Probing the Local Electronic Structure of the Cross-Linked (1×2) Reconstruction of Rutile TiO2 (110) , C.M. Yim, C.L. Pang, G. Thornton, Surf. Sci. 650 71-75 (2016).
Lepidocrocite-like TiO2 and TiO2(110)– (1 × 2) Supported on W(100) , G. Harrison, M. Spadaro, C.L Pang, D.C. Grinter, C.M. Yim, P. Luches, G. Thornton, Mat. Sci. Tech. 32 203- 208 (2016).
2015 Editorial – 13th European Vacuum Conference Joint meeting with 7th European Topical Conference on Hard Coatings and 9th Iberian Vacuum Meeting , O.M.N.D. Teodoro, G. Thornton, A. Cavaleiro, Vaccum 122, 243-244, (2015).
Direct Visualization of Soliton CO Overlayers on Supported Pd Nanoparticles , C.M. Yim, C.L. Pang, G. Thornton, J. Phys. Chem. C 119 22044-22049 (2015).
Geometry of α -Cr2 O3 (0001) as a Function of H2 O Partial Pressure , M. Ahmed, J. Treacy, C. Nicklin, H. Hussain, P.L. Wincott, D.J. Vaughan, G. Thornton, X. Torrelles, J. Phys. Chem. C 119 21426-21433 (2015).
Influence of Support Morphology on the Bonding of Molecules to Nanoparticles , C.M. Yim, C.L. Pang, D.R. Hermoso, C.M. Dover, C.A. Muryn, F. Maccherozzi, S.S. Dhesi, R. Perez, G. Thornton, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA. 112 7903-7908 (2015).
Non-Band-Gap Photoexcitation of Hydroxylated TiO2 , Y. Zhang, D.T. Payne, H.F. Fielding, G. Thornton, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 6 3391-3395 (2015).
Photon-, Electron-, and Scanning Tunneling Microscopy-Induced Defects on Oxide Surfaces , C.L. Pang and G. Thornton, in Defects at Oxide Surfaces , eds. J. Jupille and G. Thornton, 58 Springer Ser. Surf. Sci. (2015).
Defects at Oxide Surfaces , eds. J. Jupille and G. Thornton, 58 Springer Ser. Surf. Sci. (2015)
2014 A Quantitative Structural Investigation of the 0.1 wt % Nb-SrTiO3 (001)/H2 O Interface , H. Hussain, X. Torrelles, P. Rajput, M. Nicotra, G. Thornton, J. Zegenhagen, J. Phys. Chem. C 118 10980-10988 (2014).
Characterising Ultrathin Ceria Films at the Nanoscale: Combining Spectroscopy and Microscopy , D.C. Grinter, C.L. Pang, C.A. Muryn, F. Maccherozzi, S.S. Dhesi, G. Thornton, J. Electron Spectrosc. Rel. Phenom. 195 13-17 (2014).
Ordered Carboxylates on TiO2 (110) Formed at Aqueous Interfaces , D.C. Grinter, T. Woolcot, C.L. Pang, G. Thornton, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 5 4265-4269 (2014).
Spectromicroscopy of a Model Water-Gas Shift Catalyst: Gold Nanoparticles Supported on Ceria , D.C. Grinter, C.A. Muryn, B. Santos, B.J. Shaw, T.O. Metes, A. Locatelli, G. Thornton, J. Phys. Chem. C 118 19194-19204 (2014).
(2n×1) Reconstructions of TiO2(011) Revealed by Noncontact Atomic Force Microscopy and Scanning Tunneling Microscopy , C.L. Pang, A. Yurtsever, J. Onoda, Y. Sugimoto, G. Thornton, J. Phys. Chem. C 118 23168-23174 (2014).
2013 A Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Study of Ultrathin Film Rutile TiO2 (110) Supported on W(100)-O(2 x 1) , C.L. Pang, D. Grinter, J. Matharu, G. Thornton, J. Phys. Chem. C 117 25622-25627 (2013).
CO and O Overlayers on Pd Nanocrystals Supported on TiO2 (110) , C.M. Yim, C.L. Pang, D.S. Humphrey, C.A. Muryn, K. Schulte, R. Perez, G. Thornton, Faraday Disc. 162 191-200 (2013).
Dealloying of Cobalt from CuCo Nanoparticles under Syngas Exposure, S. Carenco, A. Tuxen, M. Chintapalli, E. Pach, C. Escudero, T.D. Ewers, P. Jiang, F. Borondics, G. Thornton, A.P. Alivisatos, H. Bluhm, J.H. Guo, M. Salmeron, J. Phys. Chem. C 117 6259-6266 (2013).
Electron Beam-Induced Writing of Nanoscale Iron Wires on a Functional Metal Oxide , F. Vollnhals, T. Woolcot, M.M. Walz, S. Seller, H.P. Steinruck, G. Thornton, H. Marbach, J. Phys. Chem. C 117 17674-17679 (2013).
Oxidation State Imaging of Ceria Island Growth on Re(0001) , D.C. Grinter, C.M. Yim, C.L. Pang, B. Santos, T.O. Mentes, A. Locatelli, G. Thornton, J. Phys. Chem. C 117 16509-16514 (2013).
Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and Molecular Dynamics Study of the Li2 TiO3 (001) Surface , K. Azuma, C. Dover, D.C. Grinter, R. Grau-Crespo, N. Almora-Barrios, G. Thornton, T. Oda, S. Tanaka, J. Phys. Chem. C 117 5126-5131 (2013).
Size-Dependent Dissociation of Carbon Monoxide on Cobalt Nanoparticles , A. Tuxen, S. Carenco, M. Chintapalli, C.H. Chuang, C. Escudero, E. Pach, P. Jiang, F. Borondics, B. Beberwyck, A.P. Alivisatos, G. Thornton, W.F. Pong, J.H. Guo, R. Perez, F. Bessenbacher, M. Salmeron, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 135 2273-2278 (2013).
Structure of Clean and Adsorbate-Covered Single-Crystal Rutile TiO2 Surfaces , C.L. Pang, R. Lindsay, G. Thornton, Chem. Rev. 113 3887-3948 (2013).
Synthesis of TiO2 (110) Ultra-Thin Films on W(100) and their Reactions with H2 O , J. Matharu, G. Cabailh, G. Thornton, Surf. Sci. 616 198-205 (2013).
2006 PHYS 24-Molecular interactions with single atom defects on TiO2 (110): Comparing experiment with theoretical models , G. Thornton, Abstracts of the American Chemical Society 232 (2006).
1990 Structure of Surfaces and Interfaces as Studied Using Synchrotron Radiation – General Discussion , K.C. Prince, D.A. King, J. Jupille, A. M. Bradshaw, P. L. Wincott, G. Thornton, G.C. King, Y. H. Chung, A. Fontaine, A. W. Robinson, J. P. Simons, D. P. Woodruff, S. M. Heald, R. G. Jones, J. E. Macdonald, D. C. Koningsberger, Faraday Discussions of the Chemical Society 89 , pp. 329-340 (1990).
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