Dresden 2003 – scientific programme
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O: Oberflächenphysik
O 8: Teilchen und Cluster
O 8.12: Talk
Monday, March 24, 2003, 17:45–18:00, HSZ/02
Photoelectron spectroscopy of Pt adatoms and clusters deposited on graphite — •Kai Fauth1,2, Markus Heßler2, Norbert Schneider1, and Gisela Schütz2 — 1Physikalisches Institut, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg — 2MPI für Metallforschung, Heisenbergstr. 1, 70569 Stuttgart
We present an experimental investigation of Pt atoms and clusters deposited on a graphite surface. Our results obtained with photoelectron spectroscopy demonstrate that both, spectral position and shape of the Pt 4f core levels change strongly as a function of adsorbate position. Strong shifts towards higher binding energies are observed when the adsorbates are allowed to diffuse from a terrace position to step edges, suggestive of strong interactions at defects. We also observe a dependence of the photoelectron spectra on the deposition conditions. We interpret these changes as resulting from different adsorption geometries being realized when depositing clusters with or without a rare gas buffer layer. Based on valence photoelectron spectra we also discuss the relevant energy reference for the assignment of physically meaningful core level binding energies of the clusters.