PMID- 28607192
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20170724
LR  - 20170724
IS  - 1364-503X (Print)
IS  - 1364-503X (Linking)
VI  - 375
IP  - 2098
DP  - 2017 Jul 28
TI  - Atomic level characterization in corrosion studies.
LID - 20160414 [pii]
LID - 10.1098/rsta.2016.0414 [doi]
AB  - Atomic level characterization brings fundamental insight into the mechanisms of 
      self-protection against corrosion of metals and alloys by oxide passive films and 
      into how localized corrosion is initiated on passivated metal surfaces. This is 
      illustrated in this overview with selected data obtained at the subnanometre, 
      i.e. atomic or molecular, scale and also at the nanometre scale on single-crystal 
      copper, nickel, chromium and stainless steel surfaces passivated in 
      well-controlled conditions and analysed in situ and/or ex situ by scanning 
      tunnelling microscopy/spectroscopy and atomic force microscopy. A selected 
      example of corrosion modelling by ab initio density functional theory is also 
      presented. The discussed aspects include the surface reconstruction induced by 
      hydroxide adsorption and formation of two-dimensional (hydr)oxide precursors, the 
      atomic structure, orientation and surface hydroxylation of three-dimensional 
      ultrathin oxide passive films, the effect of grain boundaries in polycrystalline 
      passive films acting as preferential sites of passivity breakdown, the 
      differences in local electronic properties measured at grain boundaries of 
      passive films and the role of step edges at the exposed surface of oxide grains 
      on the dissolution of the passive film.This article is part of the themed issue 
      'The challenges of hydrogen and metals'.
CI  - (c) 2017 The Author(s).
FAU - Marcus, Philippe
AU  - Marcus P
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-9140-0047
AD  - PSL Research University, CNRS-Chimie ParisTech, Institut de Recherche de Chimie 
      Paris (IRCP), Research Group Physical Chemistry of Surfaces, 11 rue Pierre et 
      Marie Curie, 75005 Paris, France philippe.marcus@chimie-paristech.fr.
FAU - Maurice, Vincent
AU  - Maurice V
AD  - PSL Research University, CNRS-Chimie ParisTech, Institut de Recherche de Chimie 
      Paris (IRCP), Research Group Physical Chemistry of Surfaces, 11 rue Pierre et 
      Marie Curie, 75005 Paris, France.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Review
PL  - England
TA  - Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci
JT  - Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering 
      sciences
JID - 101133385
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - alloys
OT  - corrosion
OT  - metals
OT  - passivation
OT  - solid/liquid interface
OT  - surface analysis
EDAT- 2017/06/14 06:00
MHDA- 2017/06/14 06:01
CRDT- 2017/06/14 06:00
PHST- 2016/12/13 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2017/06/14 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2017/06/14 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2017/06/14 06:01 [medline]
AID - rsta.2016.0414 [pii]
AID - 10.1098/rsta.2016.0414 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci. 2017 Jul 28;375(2098):20160414. doi: 
      10.1098/rsta.2016.0414.