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30    
31    
32 jmichalk 3802 %%
33     %Introduction
34     % Experimental observations
35     % Previous work on Pt, CO, etc.
36     %
37     %Simulation Methodology
38     % FF (fits and parameters)
39     % MD (setup, equilibration, collection)
40     %
41     % Analysis of trajectories!!!
42     %Discussion
43     % CO preferences for specific locales
44     % CO-CO interactions
45     % Differences between Au & Pt
46     % Causes of 2_layer reordering in Pt
47     %Summary
48     %%
49    
50     %Title
51 gezelter 3818 \title{Molecular Dynamics simulations of the surface reconstructions
52     of Pt(557) and Au(557) under exposure to CO}
53    
54 jmichalk 3816 \author{Joseph R. Michalka, Patrick W. McIntyre and J. Daniel
55 gezelter 3808 Gezelter\footnote{Corresponding author. \ Electronic mail: gezelter@nd.edu} \\
56     Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry,\\
57     University of Notre Dame\\
58     Notre Dame, Indiana 46556}
59 gezelter 3818
60 jmichalk 3802 %Date
61 gezelter 3818 \date{Dec 15, 2012}
62    
63 jmichalk 3802 %authors
64 gezelter 3808
65 jmichalk 3802 % make the title
66 jmichalk 3817 \maketitle
67 jmichalk 3802
68 gezelter 3808 \begin{doublespace}
69 jmichalk 3802
70 gezelter 3808 \begin{abstract}
71 jmichalk 3802
72 gezelter 3808 \end{abstract}
73 jmichalk 3802
74 gezelter 3808 \newpage
75    
76    
77 jmichalk 3802 \section{Introduction}
78     % Importance: catalytically active metals are important
79     % Sub: Knowledge of how their surface structure affects their ability to catalytically facilitate certain reactions is growing, but is more reactionary than predictive
80     % Sub: Designing catalysis is the future, and will play an important role in numerous processes (ones that are currently seen to be impractical, or at least inefficient)
81     % Theory can explore temperatures and pressures which are difficult to work with in experiments
82     % Sub: Also, easier to observe what is going on and provide reasons and explanations
83     %
84    
85 gezelter 3826 Industrial catalysts usually consist of small particles that exhibit a
86     high concentration of steps, kink sites, and vacancies at the edges of
87     the facets. These sites are thought to be the locations of catalytic
88 gezelter 3808 activity.\cite{ISI:000083038000001,ISI:000083924800001} There is now
89 gezelter 3826 significant evidence that solid surfaces are often structurally,
90     compositionally, and chemically modified by reactants under operating
91     conditions.\cite{Tao2008,Tao:2010,Tao2011} The coupling between
92     surface oxidation states and catalytic activity for CO oxidation on
93     Pt, for instance, is widely documented.\cite{Ertl08,Hendriksen:2002}
94     Despite the well-documented role of these effects on reactivity, the
95     ability to capture or predict them in atomistic models is somewhat
96     limited. While these effects are perhaps unsurprising on the highly
97     disperse, multi-faceted nanoscale particles that characterize
98     industrial catalysts, they are manifest even on ordered, well-defined
99     surfaces. The Pt(557) surface, for example, exhibits substantial and
100     reversible restructuring under exposure to moderate pressures of
101     carbon monoxide.\cite{Tao:2010}
102 jmichalk 3802
103 gezelter 3826 This work an effort to understand the mechanism and timescale for
104     surface restructuring using molecular simulations. Since the dynamics
105     of the process is of particular interest, we utilize classical force
106     fields that represent a compromise between chemical accuracy and the
107     computational efficiency necessary to observe the process of interest.
108 gezelter 3808
109 gezelter 3826 Since restructuring occurs as a result of specific interactions of the
110     catalyst with adsorbates, two metal systems exposed to carbon monoxide
111     were examined in this work. The Pt(557) surface has already been shown
112     to reconstruct under certain conditions. The Au(557) surface, because
113     of a weaker interaction with CO, is less likely to undergo this kind
114     of reconstruction. MORE HERE ON PT AND AU PREVIOUS WORK.
115    
116 jmichalk 3811 %Platinum molecular dynamics
117     %gold molecular dynamics
118 jmichalk 3802
119     \section{Simulation Methods}
120 gezelter 3808 The challenge in modeling any solid/gas interface problem is the
121     development of a sufficiently general yet computationally tractable
122     model of the chemical interactions between the surface atoms and
123     adsorbates. Since the interfaces involved are quite large (10$^3$ -
124     10$^6$ atoms) and respond slowly to perturbations, {\it ab initio}
125     molecular dynamics
126     (AIMD),\cite{KRESSE:1993ve,KRESSE:1993qf,KRESSE:1994ul} Car-Parrinello
127     methods,\cite{CAR:1985bh,Izvekov:2000fv,Guidelli:2000fy} and quantum
128     mechanical potential energy surfaces remain out of reach.
129     Additionally, the ``bonds'' between metal atoms at a surface are
130     typically not well represented in terms of classical pairwise
131     interactions in the same way that bonds in a molecular material are,
132     nor are they captured by simple non-directional interactions like the
133 gezelter 3826 Coulomb potential. For this work, we have used classical molecular
134     dynamics with potential energy surfaces that are specifically tuned
135     for transition metals. In particular, we used the EAM potential for
136     Au-Au and Pt-Pt interactions, while modeling the CO using a rigid
137     three-site model developed by Straub and Karplus for studying
138     photodissociation of CO from myoglobin.\cite{Straub} The Au-CO and
139     Pt-CO cross interactions were parameterized as part of this work.
140 gezelter 3808
141     \subsection{Metal-metal interactions}
142 gezelter 3826 Many of the potentials used for modeling transition metals are based
143     on a non-pairwise additive functional of the local electron
144     density. The embedded atom method (EAM) is perhaps the best known of
145     these
146 gezelter 3808 methods,\cite{Daw84,Foiles86,Johnson89,Daw89,Plimpton93,Voter95a,Lu97,Alemany98}
147     but other models like the Finnis-Sinclair\cite{Finnis84,Chen90} and
148     the quantum-corrected Sutton-Chen method\cite{QSC,Qi99} have simpler
149     parameter sets. The glue model of Ercolessi {\it et al.} is among the
150     fastest of these density functional approaches.\cite{Ercolessi88} In
151     all of these models, atoms are conceptualized as a positively charged
152     core with a radially-decaying valence electron distribution. To
153     calculate the energy for embedding the core at a particular location,
154     the electron density due to the valence electrons at all of the other
155 gezelter 3826 atomic sites is computed at atom $i$'s location,
156 gezelter 3808 \begin{equation*}
157     \bar{\rho}_i = \sum_{j\neq i} \rho_j(r_{ij})
158     \end{equation*}
159     Here, $\rho_j(r_{ij})$ is the function that describes the distance
160     dependence of the valence electron distribution of atom $j$. The
161     contribution to the potential that comes from placing atom $i$ at that
162     location is then
163     \begin{equation*}
164     V_i = F[ \bar{\rho}_i ] + \sum_{j \neq i} \phi_{ij}(r_{ij})
165     \end{equation*}
166     where $F[ \bar{\rho}_i ]$ is an energy embedding functional, and
167     $\phi_{ij}(r_{ij})$ is an pairwise term that is meant to represent the
168     overlap of the two positively charged cores.
169 jmichalk 3807
170 gezelter 3826 % The {\it modified} embedded atom method (MEAM) adds angular terms to
171     % the electron density functions and an angular screening factor to the
172     % pairwise interaction between two
173     % atoms.\cite{BASKES:1994fk,Lee:2000vn,Thijsse:2002ly,Timonova:2011ve}
174     % MEAM has become widely used to simulate systems in which angular
175     % interactions are important (e.g. silicon,\cite{Timonova:2011ve} bcc
176     % metals,\cite{Lee:2001qf} and also interfaces.\cite{Beurden:2002ys})
177     % MEAM presents significant additional computational costs, however.
178 jmichalk 3807
179 gezelter 3826 The EAM, Finnis-Sinclair, and the Quantum Sutton-Chen potentials
180 gezelter 3808 have all been widely used by the materials simulation community for
181     simulations of bulk and nanoparticle
182     properties,\cite{Chui:2003fk,Wang:2005qy,Medasani:2007uq}
183     melting,\cite{Belonoshko00,sankaranarayanan:155441,Sankaranarayanan:2005lr}
184     fracture,\cite{Shastry:1996qg,Shastry:1998dx} crack
185     propagation,\cite{BECQUART:1993rg} and alloying
186     dynamics.\cite{Shibata:2002hh} All of these potentials have their
187     strengths and weaknesses. One of the strengths common to all of the
188     methods is the relatively large library of metals for which these
189     potentials have been
190 gezelter 3826 parameterized.\cite{Foiles86,PhysRevB.37.3924,Rifkin1992,mishin99:_inter,mishin01:cu,mishin02:b2nial,zope03:tial_ap,mishin05:phase_fe_ni}
191 gezelter 3808
192 gezelter 3826 \subsection{Carbon Monoxide model}
193     Since previous explanations for the surface rearrangements center on
194 gezelter 3808 the large linear quadrupole moment of carbon monoxide, the model
195     chosen for this molecule exhibits this property in an efficient
196 gezelter 3826 manner. We used a model first proposed by Karplus and Straub to study
197     the photodissociation of CO from myoglobin.\cite{Straub} The Straub
198     and Karplus model is a rigid linear three site model which places a
199     massless (M) site at the center of mass along the CO bond. The
200     geometry and interaction parameters are reproduced in Table 1. The
201     effective dipole moment, calculated from the assigned charges, is
202     still small (0.35 D) while the linear quadrupole (-2.40 D~\AA) is
203     close to the experimental (-2.63 D~\AA)\cite{QuadrupoleCO} and quantum
204 jmichalk 3812 mechanical predictions (-2.46 D~\AA)\cite{QuadrupoleCOCalc}.
205 jmichalk 3802 %CO Table
206     \begin{table}[H]
207 gezelter 3826 \caption{Positions, Lennard-Jones parameters ($\sigma$ and
208     $\epsilon$), and charges for the CO-CO
209     interactions borrowed from Ref. \bibpunct{}{}{,}{n}{}{,} \protect\cite{Straub}. Distances are in \AA~, energies are
210     in kcal/mol, and charges are in atomic units.}
211 jmichalk 3802 \centering
212 jmichalk 3810 \begin{tabular}{| c | c | ccc |}
213 jmichalk 3802 \hline
214 jmichalk 3814 & {\it z} & $\sigma$ & $\epsilon$ & q\\
215 jmichalk 3802 \hline
216 jmichalk 3814 \textbf{C} & -0.6457 & 0.0262 & 3.83 & -0.75 \\
217     \textbf{O} & 0.4843 & 0.1591 & 3.12 & -0.85 \\
218     \textbf{M} & 0.0 & - & - & 1.6 \\
219 jmichalk 3802 \hline
220     \end{tabular}
221     \end{table}
222 gezelter 3808
223 gezelter 3826 \subsection{Cross-Interactions between the metals and carbon monoxide}
224 jmichalk 3802
225 gezelter 3826 Since the adsorption of CO onto a platinum surface has been the focus
226     of much experimental \cite{Yeo, Hopster:1978, Ertl:1977, Kelemen:1979}
227     and theoretical work
228     \cite{Beurden:2002ys,Pons:1986,Deshlahra:2009,Feibelman:2001,Mason:2004}
229     there is a significant amount of data on adsorption energies for CO on
230     clean metal surfaces. Parameters reported by Korzeniewski {\it et
231     al.}\cite{Pons:1986} were a starting point for our fits, which were
232     modified to ensure that the Pt-CO interaction favored the atop binding
233     position on Pt(111). This resulting binding energies are on the higher
234     side of the experimentally-reported values. Following Korzeniewski
235     {\it et al.},\cite{Pons:1986} the Pt-C interaction was fit to a deep
236     Lennard-Jones interaction to mimic strong, but short-ranged partial
237     binding between the Pt $d$ orbitals and the $\pi^*$ orbital on CO. The
238     Pt-O interaction was parameterized to a Morse potential with a large
239     range parameter ($r_o$). In most cases, this contributes a weak
240     repulsion which favors the atop site. The resulting potential-energy
241     surface suitably recovers the calculated Pt-C separation length
242     (1.6~\AA)\cite{Beurden:2002ys} and affinity for the atop binding
243     position.\cite{Deshlahra:2012, Hopster:1978}
244 jmichalk 3811
245 jmichalk 3812 %where did you actually get the functionals for citation?
246     %scf calculations, so initial relaxation was of the four layers, but two layers weren't kept fixed, I don't think
247     %same cutoff for slab and slab + CO ? seems low, although feibelmen had values around there...
248 gezelter 3818 The Au-C and Au-O cross-interactions were fit using Lennard-Jones and
249     Morse potentials, respectively, to reproduce Au-CO binding energies.
250 jmichalk 3811
251 gezelter 3826 The fits were refined against gas-surface DFT calculations with a
252     periodic supercell plane-wave basis approach, as implemented in the
253 gezelter 3818 {\sc Quantum ESPRESSO} package.\cite{QE-2009} Electron cores are
254     described with the projector augmented-wave (PAW)
255     method,\cite{PhysRevB.50.17953,PhysRevB.59.1758} with plane waves
256     included to an energy cutoff of 20 Ry. Electronic energies are
257     computed with the PBE implementation of the generalized gradient
258     approximation (GGA) for gold, carbon, and oxygen that was constructed
259     by Rappe, Rabe, Kaxiras, and Joannopoulos.\cite{Perdew_GGA,RRKJ_PP}
260     Ionic relaxations were performed until the energy difference between
261 gezelter 3826 subsequent steps was less than $10^{-8}$ Ry. In testing the CO-Au
262 gezelter 3818 interaction, Au(111) supercells were constructed of four layers of 4
263     Au x 2 Au surface planes and separated from vertical images by six
264     layers of vacuum space. The surface atoms were all allowed to relax.
265 gezelter 3826 Supercell calculations were performed nonspin-polarized with a 4 x 4 x
266     4 Monkhorst-Pack {\bf k}-point sampling of the first Brillouin
267     zone.\cite{Monkhorst:1976,PhysRevB.13.5188} The relaxed gold slab was
268     then used in numerous single point calculations with CO at various
269     heights (and angles relative to the surface) to allow fitting of the
270     empirical force field.
271 gezelter 3818
272 jmichalk 3812 %Hint at future work
273 gezelter 3826 The parameters employed in this work are shown in Table 2 and the
274     binding energies on the 111 surfaces are displayed in Table 3. To
275     speed up the computations, charge transfer and polarization are not
276     being treated in this model, although these effects are likely to
277     affect binding energies and binding site
278     preferences.\cite{Deshlahra:2012}
279 jmichalk 3811
280 jmichalk 3802 %Table of Parameters
281     %Pt Parameter Set 9
282     %Au Parameter Set 35
283     \begin{table}[H]
284 gezelter 3826 \caption{Best fit parameters for metal-CO cross-interactions. Metal-C
285     interactions are modeled with Lennard-Jones potential, while the
286     (mostly-repulsive) metal-O interactions were fit to Morse
287     potentials. Distances are given in \AA~and energies in kcal/mol. }
288 jmichalk 3802 \centering
289     \begin{tabular}{| c | cc | c | ccc |}
290     \hline
291 gezelter 3826 & $\sigma$ & $\epsilon$ & & $r$ & $D$ & $\gamma$ (\AA$^{-1}$) \\
292 jmichalk 3802 \hline
293     \textbf{Pt-C} & 1.3 & 15 & \textbf{Pt-O} & 3.8 & 3.0 & 1 \\
294     \textbf{Au-C} & 1.9 & 6.5 & \textbf{Au-O} & 3.8 & 0.37 & 0.9\\
295    
296     \hline
297     \end{tabular}
298     \end{table}
299    
300     %Table of energies
301     \begin{table}[H]
302 gezelter 3826 \caption{Adsorption energies for CO on M(111) using the potentials
303     described in this work. All values are in eV}
304 jmichalk 3802 \centering
305     \begin{tabular}{| c | cc |}
306 gezelter 3826 \hline
307     & Calculated & Experimental \\
308     \hline
309     \multirow{2}{*}{\textbf{Pt-CO}} & \multirow{2}{*}{-1.9} & -1.4 \bibpunct{}{}{,}{n}{}{,}
310     (Ref. \protect\cite{Kelemen:1979}) \\
311     & & -1.9 \bibpunct{}{}{,}{n}{}{,} (Ref. \protect\cite{Yeo}) \\ \hline
312     \textbf{Au-CO} & -0.39 & -0.40 \bibpunct{}{}{,}{n}{}{,} (Ref. \protect\cite{TPD_Gold}) \\
313     \hline
314 jmichalk 3802 \end{tabular}
315     \end{table}
316    
317 gezelter 3826 \subsection{Pt(557) and Au(557) metal interfaces}
318 jmichalk 3802
319 gezelter 3826 Our model systems are composed of 3888 Pt atoms and XXXX Au atoms in a
320     FCC crystal that have been cut along the 557 plane so that they are
321     periodic in the {\it x} and {\it y} directions, and have been rotated
322     to expose two parallel 557 cuts along the positive and negative {\it
323     z}-axis. Simulations of the bare metal interfaces at temperatures
324     ranging from 300~K to 1200~K were done to observe the relative
325     stability of the surfaces without a CO overlayer.
326 jmichalk 3802
327 gezelter 3826 The different bulk (and surface) melting temperatures (1337~K for Au
328     and 2045~K for Pt) suggest that the reconstruction may happen at
329     different temperatures for the two metals. To copy experimental
330     conditions for the CO-exposed surfaces, the bare surfaces were
331     initially run in the canonical (NVT) ensemble at 800~K and 1000~K
332     respectively for 100 ps. Each surface was exposed to a range of CO
333     that was initially placed in the vacuum region. Upon full adsorption,
334     these amounts correspond to 0\%, 5\%, 25\%, 33\%, and 50\% surface
335     coverage. Because of the difference in binding energies, the platinum
336     systems very rarely had CO that was not bound to the surface, while
337     the gold surfaces often had a significant CO population in the gas
338     phase. These systems were allowed to reach thermal equilibrium (over
339     5 ns) before being shifted to the microcanonical (NVE) ensemble for
340     data collection. All of the systems examined had at least 40 ns in the
341     data collection stage, although simulation times for some of the
342     systems exceeded 200ns. All simulations were run using the open
343     source molecular dynamics package, OpenMD.\cite{Ewald,OOPSE,OpenMD}
344 jmichalk 3802
345     % Just results, leave discussion for discussion section
346     \section{Results}
347 gezelter 3826 Tao {\it et al.} showed experimentally that the Pt(557) surface
348     undergoes two separate reconstructions upon CO
349     adsorption.\cite{Tao:2010} The first reconstruction involves a
350     doubling of the step edge height which is accomplished by a doubling
351     of the plateau length. The second reconstruction led to the formation
352     of triangular clusters that arrange themselves along the lengthened
353     plateaus.
354 jmichalk 3802
355 gezelter 3826 The primary observation and results of our simulation is that the
356     presence of CO overlayer on Pt(557) causes the same kind of
357     reconstruction observed experimentally. The 6-atom 111 facets
358     initially become disordered, and after 20-40 ns, a double-layer (with
359     a 2-atom step between terraces) forms. However, we did not observe
360     the triangular cluster formation that was observed at longer times in
361     the experiments. Without the CO present on the Pt(557) surface, there
362     was some disorder at the step edges, but no significant restructuring
363     was observed.
364 jmichalk 3817
365 gezelter 3826 In these simulations, the Au(557) surface did not exhibit any
366     significant restructuring either with or without the presence of a CO
367     overlayer.
368    
369     \subsection{Transport of surface metal atoms}
370     An ideal metal surface displaying a low energy (111) face is unlikely
371     to experience much surface diffusion because of the large vacancy
372     formation energy for atoms at the surface. This implies that
373     significant energy must be expended to lift an atom out of the flat
374     face so it can migrate on the surface. Rougher surfaces and those
375     that already contain numerous adatoms, step edges, and kinks, are
376     expected to have higher surface diffusion rates. Metal atoms that are
377     mobile on the surface were observed to leave and then rejoin step
378     edges or other formations. They may travel together or as isolated
379     atoms. The primary challenge of quantifying the overall surface
380     mobility is in defining ``mobile'' vs. ``static'' atoms.
381    
382     A particle was considered mobile once it had traveled more than 2~\AA~
383     between saved configurations (XX ps). Restricting the transport
384     calculations to only mobile atoms eliminates all of the bulk metal as
385     well as any surface atoms that remain fixed for a significant length
386     of time. Since diffusion on a surface is strongly affected by local
387     structures, the diffusion parallel to the step edges was determined
388     separately from the diffusion perpendicular to these edges. The
389     parallel and perpendicular diffusion constants (determined using
390     linear fits to the mean squared displacement) are shown in figure \ref{fig:diff}.
391    
392 jmichalk 3817 %While an ideal metallic surface is unlikely to experience much surface diffusion, high-index surfaces have large numbers of low-coordinated atoms which have a much easier time overcoming the energetic barriers limiting diffusion, leading to easier surface reconstructions. Surface movement was divided between the parallel ($\parallel$) and perpendicular ($\perp$) directions relative to the step edge. We were then able to calculate diffusion constants as a function of CO coverage. As can be seen in Table 4, the presence and amount of CO directly affects the diffusion constants of surface platinum atoms. The presence of two 50\% coverage systems is to show how the diffusion process is affected by time. The majority of the systems were run for approximately 50 ns while the half monolayer system has been running continuously. The lowered diffusion constant at longer run times will be examined in-depth in the discussion section.
393    
394 jmichalk 3816 \begin{figure}[H]
395     \includegraphics[scale=0.6]{DiffusionComparison_error.png}
396 gezelter 3826 \caption{Diffusion constants for mobile surface atoms along directions
397     parallel ($\mathbf{D}_{\parallel}$) and perpendicular
398     ($\mathbf{D}_{\perp}$) to the 557 step edges as a function of CO
399     surface coverage. Diffusion parallel to the step edge is higher
400     than that perpendicular to the edge because of the lower energy
401     barrier associated with going from approximately 7 nearest neighbors
402     to 5, as compared to the 3 of an adatom. Additionally, the observed
403     maximum and subsequent decrease for the Pt system suggests that the
404     CO self-interactions are playing a significant role with regards to
405     movement of the platinum atoms around and more importantly across
406     the surface. }
407     \label{fig:diff}
408 jmichalk 3816 \end{figure}
409    
410 jmichalk 3802 %Table of Diffusion Constants
411     %Add gold?M
412 gezelter 3826 % \begin{table}[H]
413     % \caption{}
414     % \centering
415     % \begin{tabular}{| c | cc | cc | }
416     % \hline
417     % &\multicolumn{2}{c|}{\textbf{Platinum}}&\multicolumn{2}{c|}{\textbf{Gold}} \\
418     % \hline
419     % \textbf{Surface Coverage} & $\mathbf{D}_{\parallel}$ & $\mathbf{D}_{\perp}$ & $\mathbf{D}_{\parallel}$ & $\mathbf{D}_{\perp}$ \\
420     % \hline
421     % 50\% & 4.32(2) & 1.185 $\pm$ 0.008 & 1.72 $\pm$ 0.02 & 0.455 $\pm$ 0.006 \\
422     % 33\% & 5.18 $\pm$ 0.03 & 1.999 $\pm$ 0.005 & 1.95 $\pm$ 0.02 & 0.337 $\pm$ 0.004 \\
423     % 25\% & 5.01 $\pm$ 0.02 & 1.574 $\pm$ 0.004 & 1.26 $\pm$ 0.03 & 0.377 $\pm$ 0.006 \\
424     % 5\% & 3.61 $\pm$ 0.02 & 0.355 $\pm$ 0.002 & 1.84 $\pm$ 0.03 & 0.169 $\pm$ 0.004 \\
425     % 0\% & 3.27 $\pm$ 0.02 & 0.147 $\pm$ 0.004 & 1.50 $\pm$ 0.02 & 0.194 $\pm$ 0.002 \\
426     % \hline
427     % \end{tabular}
428     % \end{table}
429 jmichalk 3802
430     %Discussion
431     \section{Discussion}
432    
433 gezelter 3826 Mechanism for restructuring
434    
435     There are a number of possible mechanisms to explain the role of
436     adsorbed CO in restructuring the Pt surface. Quadrupolar repulsion
437     between adjacent CO molecules adsorbed on the surface is one
438     possibility. However, the quadrupole-quadrupole interaction is
439     short-ranged and is attractive for some orientations. If the CO
440     molecules are locked in a specific orientation relative to each other,
441     this explanation gains some weight.
442    
443     Another possible mechanism for the restructuring is in the
444     destabilization of strong Pt-Pt interactions by CO adsorbed on surface
445     Pt atoms. This could have the effect of increasing surface mobility
446     of these atoms.
447    
448     Comparing the results from simulation to those reported previously by
449     Tao et al. the similarities in the platinum and CO system are quite
450     strong. As shown in figure, the simulated platinum system under a CO
451     atmosphere will restructure slightly by doubling the terrace
452     heights. The restructuring appears to occur slowly, one to two
453     platinum atoms at a time. Looking at individual snapshots, these
454     adatoms tend to either rise on top of the plateau or break away from
455     the step edge and then diffuse perpendicularly to the step direction
456     until reaching another step edge. This combination of growth and decay
457     of the step edges appears to be in somewhat of a state of dynamic
458     equilibrium. However, once two previously separated edges meet as
459     shown in figure 1.B, this point tends to act as a focus or growth
460     point for the rest of the edge to meet up, akin to that of a
461     zipper. From the handful of cases where a double layer was formed
462     during the simulation, measuring from the initial appearance of a
463     growth point, the double layer tends to be fully formed within
464     $\sim$~35 ns.
465    
466 jmichalk 3802 \subsection{Diffusion}
467     As shown in the results section, the diffusion parallel to the step edge tends to be much faster than that perpendicular to the step edge. Additionally, the coverage of CO appears to play a slight role in relative rates of diffusion, as shown in Table 4. Thus, the bottleneck of the double layer formation appears to be the initial formation of this growth point, which seems to be somewhat of a stochastic event. Once it appears, parallel diffusion, along the now slightly angled step edge, will allow for a faster formation of the double layer than if the entire process were dependent on only perpendicular diffusion across the plateaus. Thus, the larger $D_{\perp}$, the more likely a growth point is to be formed. One driving force behind this reconstruction appears to be the lowering of surface energy that occurs by doubling the terrace widths. (I'm not really proving this... I have the surface flatness to show it, but surface energy?)
468     \\
469     \\
470     %Evolution of surface
471     \begin{figure}[H]
472 gezelter 3826 \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{ProgressionOfDoubleLayerFormation_yellowCircle.png}
473     \caption{The Pt(557) / 50\% CO system at a sequence of times after
474     initial exposure to the CO: (a) 258 ps, (b) 19 ns, (c) 31.2 ns, and
475     (d) 86.1 ns. Disruption of the 557 step edges occurs quickly. The
476     doubling of the layers appears only after two adjacent step edges
477     touch. The circled spot in (b) nucleated the growth of the double
478     step observed in the later configurations.}
479 jmichalk 3802 \end{figure}
480    
481    
482     %Peaks!
483 jmichalk 3816 \begin{figure}[H]
484 gezelter 3826 \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{doublePeaks_noCO.png}
485 jmichalk 3816 \caption{}
486     \end{figure}
487 jmichalk 3802 \section{Conclusion}
488    
489    
490 gezelter 3808 \section{Acknowledgments}
491     Support for this project was provided by the National Science
492     Foundation under grant CHE-0848243 and by the Center for Sustainable
493     Energy at Notre Dame (cSEND). Computational time was provided by the
494     Center for Research Computing (CRC) at the University of Notre Dame.
495 jmichalk 3802
496 gezelter 3808 \newpage
497     \bibliography{firstTryBibliography}
498     \end{doublespace}
499     \end{document}