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

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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
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.69.1672
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O4 [物理学];
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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.
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页码:1672 / 1675
页数:4
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