An X-ray photoelectron diffraction study of a TiO2(001) anatase single crystal mineral

An anatase single crystal mineral is examined with low energy electron diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and X-ray photoelectron diffraction. Different gasses (He or Ar) are used to clean the sample and their influence on the azimuthal XPD curves is checked. Azimuthal scans for the polar angles 15, 28 and 51° off surface are recorded. Experimental data are compared with single scattering cluster calculations on two different surface models. A comparison with literature results on thin anatase films is made.