Physics – Condensed Matter – Materials Science
Scientific paper
2005-01-17
Phys. Rev. B 71, 165409 (2005)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
REVTeX, 6 pages, 10 figures, submitted to PRB
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.71.165409
We have investigated the electronic structure of nano-sized iron oxide by scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM) and spectroscopy (STS) as well as by photoelectron spectroscopy. Nano particles were produced by thermal treatment of Ferritin molecules containing a self-assembled core of iron oxide. Depending on the thermal treatment we were able to prepare different phases of iron oxide nanoparticles resembling gamma-Fe2O3, alpha-Fe2O3, and a phase which apparently contains both gamma-Fe2O3 and alpha-Fe2O3. Changes to the electronic structure of these materials were studied under reducing conditions. We show that the surface band gap of the electronic excitation spectrum can differ from that of bulk material and is dominated by surface effects.
Horn Siegfried
Krispin M.
Preisinger M.
Rudolf Torsten
Strongin Daniel R.
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