NEIGHBOR DRIVEN MOBILITY OF SILVER ADATOMS ON PD(100) MEASURED BY THERMAL HELIUM SCATTERING

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VANDONI, G [1 ]
FELIX, C [1 ]
MONOT, R [1 ]
BUTTET, J [1 ]
HARBICH, W [1 ]
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[1] PHB ECUBLENS,ECOLE POLTECH FED,INST PHYS EXPTL,CH-1015 LAUSANNE,SWITZERLAND
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10.1016/0039-6028(94)00564-8
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O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
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070304 ; 081704 ;
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Thermal helium scattering is used to characterize the deposition of silver atoms on Pd (100) in the coverage range 0 to 10% of a monolayer, at surface temperature between 80 and 160 K, the latter being the threshold of adatom mobility. The attenuation of the specular helium intensity as a function of coverage cannot be interpreted by a statistical distribution which excludes any mobility of the deposited adatoms. The data are well simulated by a model implying that an adatom is not stable if it is separated from another adparticle by only one adsorption site, but it would rather move and form a dimer or enlarge a cluster. This behavior is confirmed by Monte Carlo simulations. The cross section of the silver adatom for diffuse helium scattering is measured to be 109 Angstrom(2).
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