TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT SIGN REVERSAL OF THE SURFACE CONTRACTION OF AG(111)

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STATIRIS, P [1 ]
LU, HC [1 ]
GUSTAFSSON, T [1 ]
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[1] RUTGERS STATE UNIV,SURFACE MODIFICAT LAB,PISCATAWAY,NJ 08855
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.72.3574
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O4 [物理学];
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We have studied the structure of the Ag(111) surface as a function of temperature using medium energy ion scattering. We find that the first interlayer spacing is contracted at temperatures below 670 K, but increases at higher temperatures in a nonlinear fashion and is expanded some 10% 80 K below the melting point. As the surface vibration amplitudes increase significantly at the same time, we attribute this sign reversal to enhanced anharmonic effects at the surface.
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