Structure of ultrathin Pd films determined by low-energy electron microscopy and diffraction

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作者
Santos, B. [1 ,2 ]
Puerta, J. M. [3 ]
Cerda, J. I. [3 ]
Herranz, T. [2 ]
McCarty, K. F. [4 ]
de la Figuera, J. [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Autonoma Madrid, Ctr Microanal Mat, E-28049 Madrid, Spain
[2] CSIC, Inst Quim Fis Rocasolano, E-28006 Madrid, Spain
[3] CSIC, Inst Ciencia Mat, E-28049 Madrid, Spain
[4] Sandia Natl Labs, Livermore, CA 94550 USA
来源
NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS | 2010年 / 12卷
关键词
SURFACE; LEED; MORPHOLOGY; PALLADIUM; W(110); LAYERS; ORDER; CO;
D O I
10.1088/1367-2630/12/2/023023
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
Palladium (Pd) films have been grown and characterized in situ by low-energy electron diffraction (LEED) and microscopy in two different regimes: ultrathin films 2-6 monolayers (ML) thick on Ru(0001), and similar to 20 ML thick films on both Ru(0001) and W(110). The thinner films are grown at elevated temperature (750 K) and are lattice matched to the Ru(0001) substrate. The thicker films, deposited at room temperature and annealed to 880 K, have a relaxed in-plane lattice spacing. All the films present an fcc stacking sequence as determined by LEED intensity versus energy analysis. In all the films, there is hardly any expansion in the surface-layer interlayer spacing. Two types of twin-related stacking sequences of the Pd layers are found on each substrate. On W(110) the two fcc twin types can occur on a single substrate terrace. On Ru(0001) each substrate terrace has a single twin type and the twin boundaries replicate the substrate steps.
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