On the 270th Anniversary of the M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU). Reviews of topical problems
Exotic nanostructures on metal surfaces
S.V. Kolesnikov†a,
A.G. Syromyatnikov‡a,b,
A.M. Saletskya,
A.L. Klavsyuk§a aLomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Physics, Leninskie Gory 1 build. 2, Moscow, 119991, Russian Federation bSemenov Federal Research Center for Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Kosygina, 4, Moscow, 119991, Russian Federation
Today, in addition to widely studied nanoobjects, there are a number of less popular, but no less interesting, exotic nanostructures, which occupy an intermediate position in their physicochemical properties. The article considers the following exotic nanostructures formed in bimetallic systems: atomic superlattices, flat dendrites, finger-shaped protrusions, bound nanostructures embedded in the first layer of a substrate, as well as clusters formed under the surface at a depth of several atomic layers. Both experimental methods for obtaining such nanostructures and theoretical approaches to modeling their formation are discussed in detail. The physicochemical properties of exotic nanostructures and possible prospects for their technical application are also discussed.
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