ISSN:
1432-0630
Keywords:
PACS: 61.14.Hg; 68.35.Dv
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
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Physics
Notes:
Abstract. The surface morphology after deposition of Ag on Ag(111) at low temperatures (130 – 200 K) has been studied in detail with SPA-LEED (Spot-Profile Analysis of Low-Energy Electron Diffraction). The surface roughness Δ and the mean terrace size Γ have been quantitatively determined under various conditions. At 130 K the surface roughness Δ increases with coverage θ exactly according to the relation Δ=θ 1/2, which indicates that the inter-layer diffusion can be neglected at 130 K. Although the mean terrace length decreases with increasing coverage θ (following an approximate power law of Γ∝Θ −2/3) for all studied coverages, it is much larger than expected for a pure random or Poisson-growth mode without any diffusion of the adatoms. Therefore, Ag grows on Ag(111) at this temperature without interlayer diffusion but with intra-layer diffusion. The intra-layer diffusion barrier E d has been determined by measuring the temperature dependence of the two-dimensional island density according to the nucleation theory (supposing a critical nucleus size of one). The obtained value E d=0.18 eV agrees with the theoretical calculations and previous measurements. Furthermore, from comparing measured and Monte-Carlo-simulated (MC) surface roughness Δ at different deposition temperatures we obtain Δ E=0.05 eV as a lower limit for the additional barrier at steps.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01577607
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