INITIAL GROWTH MODE OF AU ON AG(110) STUDIED WITH 1ST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATIONS

被引:58
作者
CHAN, CT
BOHNEN, KP
HO, KM
机构
[1] KERNFORSCHUNGSZENTRUM KARLSRUHE GMBH,INST NUKL FESTKORPERPHYS,W-7500 KARLSRUHE 1,GERMANY
[2] IOWA STATE UNIV SCI & TECHNOL,DEPT PHYS,AMES,IA 50011
关键词
D O I
10.1103/PhysRevLett.69.1672
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
We studied the initial growth mode of Au on Ag(110) using first-principles total energy calculations. We found that a recently observed bilayer growth mode in this system is not energetically favorable and thus may not be an equilibrium process. The most favorable initial growth process up to 1 monolayer Au coverage is found to proceed via subsurface substitution, which is an interesting growth mode for a metal-on-metal system.
引用
收藏
页码:1672 / 1675
页数:4
相关论文
共 17 条
  • [1] RELATIVISTIC NORM-CONSERVING PSEUDOPOTENTIALS
    BACHELET, GB
    SCHLUTER, M
    [J]. PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 1982, 25 (04): : 2103 - 2108
  • [2] EPITAXY OF METALS ON METALS
    BAUER, E
    [J]. APPLICATIONS OF SURFACE SCIENCE, 1982, 11-2 (JUL): : 479 - 494
  • [3] BOHNEN KP, IN PRESS SURF SCI
  • [4] ELSAESSER C, IN PRESS J PHYS COND
  • [5] STRUCTURE AND MORPHOLOGY OF AU GROWN ON AG(110)
    FENTER, P
    GUSTAFSSON, T
    [J]. PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 1991, 43 (15): : 12195 - 12204
  • [6] BILAYER GROWTH IN A METALLIC SYSTEM - AU ON AG(110)
    FENTER, P
    GUSTAFSSON, T
    [J]. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 1990, 64 (10) : 1142 - 1145
  • [7] FENTER P, COMMUNICATION
  • [8] NORM-CONSERVING PSEUDOPOTENTIALS
    HAMANN, DR
    SCHLUTER, M
    CHIANG, C
    [J]. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 1979, 43 (20) : 1494 - 1497
  • [9] EXPLICIT LOCAL EXCHANGE-CORRELATION POTENTIALS
    HEDIN, L
    LUNDQVIS.BI
    [J]. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS PART C SOLID STATE PHYSICS, 1971, 4 (14): : 2064 - &
  • [10] EVIDENCE FOR QUANTUM SIZE EFFECTS OBSERVED BY HELIUM ATOM SCATTERING DURING THE GROWTH OF PB ON CU(111)
    HINCH, BJ
    KOZIOL, C
    TOENNIES, JP
    ZHANG, G
    [J]. EUROPHYSICS LETTERS, 1989, 10 (04): : 341 - 346