Growth Morphology of Ultrathin Pb Layers on Ni(001)

• Authors: K. Krupski , T. Kobiela , A. Krupski
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The atomic structure and morphology of ultrathin Pb layers deposited on the Ni(001) face in ultrahigh vacuum at the substrate temperature, ranging from 145 K to 900 K, were investigated with the use of the Auger electron spectroscopy and low-energy electron diffraction. The analysis of the Auger electron spectroscopy measurements indicates that the Volmer-Weber growth of the Pb takes place for substrate temperature T < 300 K. Between 300 and 600 K, the Stranski-Krastanov growth mode is observed. For 600 K ≤ T ≤ 700 K, only first two-dimensional Pb layer formation is found. Above 700 K desorption of lead atoms from the first layer is observed. The ordered low-energy electron diffraction patterns corresponding to p(1×1) and c(2×2) structures are observed.

Keywords

EN

68.35.B-; 68.35.bd; 68.35.Ct; 68.43.Mn; 68.47.De; 68.65.Ac

Discipline

• 68.35.B-: Structure of clean surfaces (and surface reconstruction)
• 68.35.Ct: Interface structure and roughness
• 68.35.bd: Metals and alloys
• 68.47.De: Metallic surfaces
• 68.65.Ac: Multilayers
• 68.43.Mn: Adsorption kinetics

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 125
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 1159-1162

Dates

published

2014-05

received

2013-09-26

(unknown)

2013-11-07

Contributors

author

K. Krupski

• Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
• Institute of Experimental Physics, University of Wrocław, pl. M. Borna 9, PL 50-204 Wrocław, Poland

author

T. Kobiela

• Faculty of Chemistry, Warsaw University of Technology, S. Noakowskiego 3, 00-664 Warsaw, Poland

author

A. Krupski

• Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
• Institute of Experimental Physics, University of Wrocław, pl. M. Borna 9, PL 50-204 Wrocław, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.125.1159