Surface alloy formation of Fe on Cr(100) studied by scanning tunneling microscopy

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作者
Choi, YJ
Jeong, IC
Park, JY
Kahng, SJ
Lee, J
Kuk, Y [1 ]
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[1] Seoul Natl Univ, Ctr Sci Nanometer Scale, Natl Creat Res Initiat, Seoul 151742, South Korea
[2] Seoul Natl Univ, Dept Phys, Seoul 151742, South Korea
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10.1103/PhysRevB.59.10918
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Surface alloy formation of Fe on a Cr(100) surface was studied using a UHV scanning tunneling microscope. As we deposited Fe of less than 1 ML at room temperature and subsequently annealed the substrate at temperatures between 200 degrees C and 300 degrees C, we observed that Fe atoms incorporate into the Cr(100) surface, forming a well-ordered surface alloy of Fe0.5Cr0.5. These two elements were differentiated by imaging at the bias voltages near their surface states. The surface alloying was also confirmed by imaging at the bias voltages of their Shockley image states. By annealing the Fe layer of similar to 1 ML at 250 degrees C, we found that the solubility of Fe into the Cr(100) surface is similar to 25% at that temperature. Fe overlayer shows kinetically roughened mound structure at room temperature while it shows equilibrium two-dimensional islands at 300 degrees C. [S0163-1829(99)06115-9].
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