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

Guangwen Zhou, Langli Luo, Liang Li, Jim Ciston, Eric A. Stach, Wissam A. Saidi, Judith C. Yang
2013 Chemical Communications  
Oxidation of Cu occurs via Cu 2 O 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-Cu 2 O interfacial interaction.
doi:10.1039/c3cc46684a pmid:24126296 fatcat:tgietcz7hfdobcqscjh764gnaq