000056024 001__ 56024 000056024 005__ 20200402210325.0 000056024 0247_ $$2DOI$$a10.1016/j.electacta.2006.10.061 000056024 0247_ $$2WOS$$aWOS:000246655300018 000056024 037__ $$aPreJuSER-56024 000056024 041__ $$aeng 000056024 082__ $$a540 000056024 084__ $$2WoS$$aElectrochemistry 000056024 1001_ $$0P:(DE-Juel1)VDB66689$$aPichardo-Pedrero, E.$$b0$$uFZJ 000056024 245__ $$aComparative STM Studies on island equilibrium shapes, shape fluctuations and island coalescence on Au(001) electrodes in chloric and sulfuric acid solutions 000056024 260__ $$aNew York, NY [u.a.]$$bElsevier$$c2007 000056024 300__ $$a5659 - 5668 000056024 3367_ $$0PUB:(DE-HGF)16$$2PUB:(DE-HGF)$$aJournal Article 000056024 3367_ $$2DataCite$$aOutput Types/Journal article 000056024 3367_ $$00$$2EndNote$$aJournal Article 000056024 3367_ $$2BibTeX$$aARTICLE 000056024 3367_ $$2ORCID$$aJOURNAL_ARTICLE 000056024 3367_ $$2DRIVER$$aarticle 000056024 440_0 $$01776$$aElectrochimica Acta$$v52$$x0013-4686$$y18 000056024 500__ $$aRecord converted from VDB: 12.11.2012 000056024 520__ $$aWe present scanning tunneling microscopy data on the dynamics of monatomic high islands on gold electrodes in different electrolytes. From a statistical analysis of the island fluctuations around the equilibrium shape and from the investigation of the local perimeter curvature of the latter we determine the step line tension and the kink energy of gold islands on an Au(0 0 1) surface as a function of the electrode potential. We find that in chloric acid the step line tension is smaller than for Au(0 0 1) in sulfuric acid, however, the kink energy is much higher which leaves us with the puzzling result that island fluctuations are large, however, island edges are comparatively straight. Both energies show merely a weak dependence on the electrode potential in contrast to our previous findings in sulfuric acid. Furthermore, by analyzing the relaxation time of island coalescence events we determine the dominant mass transport on the Au(0 0 1) electrode to be terrace diffusion where the time limiting step of the migration process is the creation of transport species at the island edge rather than the hopping of species on the surface. This is in apparent contradiction to previous results from island decay studies where a diffusion limited terrace diffusion was found. All results can be explained if one assumes that the relevant mass transport species on Au(0 0 1) in chloride containing electrolytes are larger (linear) structure units rather than single adatoms. Possible candidates for these units are Au-Cl complexes. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. 000056024 536__ $$0G:(DE-Juel1)FUEK414$$2G:(DE-HGF)$$aKondensierte Materie$$cP54$$x0 000056024 588__ $$aDataset connected to Web of Science 000056024 650_7 $$2WoSType$$aJ 000056024 65320 $$2Author$$asurface diffusion 000056024 65320 $$2Author$$aisland fluctuations 000056024 65320 $$2Author$$agold electrodes 000056024 65320 $$2Author$$aisland coalescence 000056024 65320 $$2Author$$astep and kink energy 000056024 7001_ $$0P:(DE-Juel1)4744$$aGiesen, M.$$b1$$uFZJ 000056024 773__ $$0PERI:(DE-600)1483548-4$$a10.1016/j.electacta.2006.10.061$$gVol. 52, p. 5659 - 5668$$p5659 - 5668$$q52<5659 - 5668$$tElectrochimica acta$$v52$$x0013-4686$$y2007 000056024 8567_ $$uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2006.10.061 000056024 909CO $$ooai:juser.fz-juelich.de:56024$$pVDB 000056024 9131_ $$0G:(DE-Juel1)FUEK414$$bMaterie$$kP54$$lKondensierte Materie$$vKondensierte Materie$$x0$$zentfällt bis 2009 000056024 9141_ $$y2007 000056024 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0010$$aJCR/ISI refereed 000056024 9201_ $$0I:(DE-Juel1)VDB802$$d31.12.2010$$gIBN$$kIBN-4$$lBiomechanik$$x0 000056024 970__ $$aVDB:(DE-Juel1)87544 000056024 980__ $$aVDB 000056024 980__ $$aConvertedRecord 000056024 980__ $$ajournal 000056024 980__ $$aI:(DE-Juel1)ICS-7-20110106 000056024 980__ $$aUNRESTRICTED 000056024 981__ $$aI:(DE-Juel1)IBI-2-20200312 000056024 981__ $$aI:(DE-Juel1)ICS-7-20110106