Frontispiece: Growth and Atomic‐Scale Characterization of Ultrathin Silica and Germania Films: The Crucial Role of the Metal Support. Issue 6 (27th January 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Lewandowski, Adrián Leandro; Tosoni, Sergio; Gura, Leonard; Yang, Zechao; Fuhrich, Alexander; Prieto, Mauricio J.; Schmidt, Thomas; Usvyat, Denis; Schneider, Wolf‐Dieter; Heyde, Markus; Pacchioni, Gianfranco; Freund, Hans‐Joachim
• Is Part Of: Chemistry. Volume 27:Issue 6(2021)
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• Publication Date: 2021-01-27
• Subjects: amorphous structures -- crystalline materials -- germania -- metal-supported films -- silica; Chemistry -- Periodicals; 540
• DOI: 10.1002/chem.202180661
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0947-6539

Abstract

Abstract : The thinnest possible films of the glass‐forming materials silica and germania were so far investigatd by employing scanning probe microscopy and density functional theory calculations. A more general comprehension of the network structure of glass former materials allows to understand the crucial role of the metal support for the pathway from crystalline to amorphous ultrathin film growth. For more information, see the Review by M. Heyde et al. on page 1870 .