2024

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. 2023, 14, 38, 8507–8512

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 2022, 34, 253001

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. 2022, 144, 2, 1034–1044

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 2019, 176, 4, 651–668.

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 H2O/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-Cr2O3(0001) as a Function of H2O 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)/H2O 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 Li2TiO3(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 H2O, 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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