THERMAL ROUGHNESS OF A CLOSE-PACKED METAL-SURFACE - PT(001)

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作者
ABERNATHY, DL
MOCHRIE, SGJ
ZEHNER, DM
GRUBEL, G
GIBBS, D
机构
[1] OAK RIDGE NATL LAB,DIV SOLID STATE,OAK RIDGE,TN 37831
[2] BROOKHAVEN NATL LAB,DEPT PHYS,UPTON,NY 11973
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.69.941
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
An x-ray scattering study of the morphology of the Pt(001) surface reveals that below 1820 K it is atomically smooth on length scales exceeding 5000 angstrom. However, above 1820 K the Pt(001) surface is rough. Specifically, the scattering near the specular condition is diffuse, and may be modeled using a height-height correlation function which diverges logarithmically at large distances. Our data suggest that the average separation between thermally generated steps is many lattice constants.
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页码:941 / 944
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