Point-defect properties of and sputtering events in the {001} surfaces of Ni3Al I. Surface and point-defect properties

Constant-area and fully relaxed molecular dynamics methods are employed to study the properties of the surface and point defects at and near {001} surfaces of bulk and thin-film Ni, Al and Ni₃Al respectively. The surface tension is larger than the surface energy for all {001} surfaces considered in the sequence: Al (1005?mJ?m^?2)<?Ni₃Al (mixed Ni–Al plane outermost, 1725?mJ?m^?2)<?Ni₃Al (all-Ni-atoms plane outermost, 1969?mJ?m^?2)<?Ni (1993?mJ?m^?2). For a surface of bulk Ni₃Al crystal with a Ni–Al mixed plane outermost, Al atoms stand out by 0.0679?Å compared with the surface Ni atoms and, for the all-Ni-atoms surface, Al atoms in the second layer stand out by 0.0205?Å compared with Ni atoms in the same layer. Vacancy formation energies are about half the bulk values in the first layer and reach a maximum in the second layer where the atomic energy is close to the bulk value but the change in embedding energy of neighbouring atoms before and after vacancy formation is greater than that in the bulk. Both the vacancy formation energy and the surface tension suggest that the fourth layer is in a bulk state for all the surfaces. The formation energy of adatoms, antisite defects and point-defect pairs at and near {001} surfaces of Ni₃Al are also given.     

MoSi_2(001)表面的氧吸附行为

运用第一原理密度泛函理论方法,首先计算了MoSi_2各清洁表面的表面能,(001)Si-|-Si断面具有较低的表面能,是MoSi_2最可能的解理面;通过生成能及键布居分析研究了单氧原子、双氧原子及氧分子在(001)Si-|-Si断面的吸附行为,发现单氧原子在空位处吸附最稳定,此时O极易与Si结合,得到的Si-O-Si键长及键角与SiO_2的非常接近,表明低浓度下O极易与表面的Si结合生成SiO_2;双氧原子发生空位+顶位吸附时O原子除与Si有强作用外,可与Mo有一定相互作用;氧分子以平行的方式接近空位最有利于吸附,此时氧分子最易分解为氧原子,发生氧原子在空位的吸附.     

第一性原理研究氧空位对Ag在MgO(001)面吸附的影响

采用基于密度泛函理论的第一性原理研究方法,应用Vienna Ab-initio Simulation Package (VASP),计算了氧空位对Ag原子在MgO(001)面吸附的影响．通过成键过程中电荷密度的变化以及电荷转移的讨论,从原子尺度上分析了MgO(001)面空位点Fs和Fs+对其吸附、聚集与成核属性的影响以及吸附的能量属性.结果表明,相对清洁的MgO表面而言,Ag原子吸附在O空位时,能够更牢固地与MgO表面结合,并吸引更多的Ag原子聚集在一起,形成一个个独立的Ag原子岛.     

Pd对Ti合金钝化影响的电子理论研究

采用递归法计算了Ti合金的电子态密度、环境敏感镶嵌能、费米能级等电子结构参量.计算发现Pd在晶体体内比在其表面的环境敏感镶嵌能高,说明Pd易于在 Ti合金表面偏聚.Pd在表面时,原子团簇形成能为负值,说明Pd以团簇形式分布于合金表面.态密度计算结果表明,Pd的局域态密度局限在很窄的能量范围内(-20—-15 eV),使Ti合金的总态密度在此区出现尖峰.该尖峰的存在降低了Ti合金的费米能级,于是表面含Pd较多的区域费米能级较低,含Pd少或不含Pd的区域费米能级较高.费米能级不同的两区域接触会形成微电池,在腐 关键词： Ti合金 钝化 电子结构 表面     

钛金属应力腐蚀机理电子理论研究

为从理论上揭示钛金属应力腐蚀行为的本质，建立了α钛晶粒及位错塞积形成的微裂纹原子 集团模型，利用递归法(recursion)计算了裂纹及晶粒内的电子结构参量(费米能级、结构能 、表面能、团簇能、环境敏感镶嵌能). 计算结果表明：氢在裂纹处的环境敏感镶嵌能较低 ，易于偏聚在裂纹处，且氢在钛金属裂纹处团簇能为正值不能形成团簇，具有有序化倾向， 趋于形成氢化物. 氢在裂纹处偏聚降低裂纹的表面能，使裂纹容易扩展. 裂纹尖端处费米能 级高于裂纹其他区域，使电子从裂纹尖端流向裂纹其他区域造成电位差，在电解质作用下裂 关键词： 递归法 电子结构 钛 应力腐蚀     

Reactions of weak organic acids with oxygen atoms on Ag(100): Facile and selective conversion of cyclohexene to benzene

The reactions of cyclohexene with atomically adsorbed oxygen on Ag(100) have been examined by both temperature programmed reaction mass spectrometry and electron energy loss vibrational spectroscopy. Cyclohexene reacts with adsorbed oxygen atoms to form benzene and surface hydroxyl groups, with benzene formation complete by 200 K, as evidenced by the vibrational spectra. Benzene formed from cyclohexene dehydrogenation remains chemisorbed on the silver surface until 275 K, when it desorbs. Surface hydroxyls undergo disproportionation at 300 K to form gaseous water and chemisorbed oxygen atoms. Competing with benzene formation is another reaction pathway which leads to cyclohexene combustion. Vibrational spectroscopy indicates that a key intermediate on the pathway to cyclohexene contains an intact C-O bond.     

Fe-Cr-Al合金氧化膜形成机理电子理论研究

通过自编软件建立了Fe-Cr-Al合金表面、氧化膜/基体界面模型,采用递归法计算了合金元素在Fe-Cr-Al合金表面、氧化膜/基体界面的环境敏感镶嵌能、亲和能、结合能、态密度等电子结构参数.从电子层次系统研究了Fe-Cr-Al合金氧化膜的形成机理、稀土元素和杂质硫对氧化膜形成过程及黏附性的影响机理.研究表明Fe-Cr-Al合金中Al的偏聚驱动力远大于Y,Cr.氧化初期氧从合金表面向合金内部扩散,合金内部Al向合金表面扩散,使合金形成富铝、氧表面层;氧与Al间的亲和力较大（亲和能低）,氧原子容易与Al结合生成Al₂O₃保护膜;合金中加入Y后,Y在合金表面偏聚,抑制Al向合金表面扩散,氧化膜的横向生长得到有效控制,从而避免氧化膜皱褶形貌的发生,提高氧化膜的黏附性;合金内部的S通过扩散汇集在基体/氧化膜界面,S使界面区原子的总能增高,总态密度降低,减小了界面的稳定性,进而削弱氧化膜与合金基体的结合力. 关键词： 电子结构 高温氧化 Fe-Cr-Al合金     

Processes in condensed inert gases involving excess electrons

Drift of an excess electron in dense and condensed inert gases in external electric field and excitation of atoms by electron impact in these systems are analyzed. The effective potential energy surface for an excess electron at a given electric field strength consists of wells and hills, and the actions of neighboring atoms are therefore separated by saddles of the potential energy. At such atomic densities that the difference of interaction potentials for an excess electron between neighboring wells and hills of the potential energy surface becomes small, the electron mobility is large. This is realized for heavy inert gases (Ar, Kr, Xe) with a negative scattering length of an electron on individual atoms. In these cases, the average potential energy of the electron interaction with atoms corresponds to attraction at low atomic densities and to repulsion at high densities. The transition from attraction to repulsion at moderate atomic densities leads to a maximum of the electron mobility. A gas model for electron drift in condensed inert gases is constructed on the basis of this character of interaction. Due to high electron mobility, condensed inert gases provide high efficiency of transformation of the electric field energy into the energy of emitting photons through drifting electrons. It is shown that, although the role of formation of autodetaching states in the course of electron drift is more important for condensed inert gases than for rare gases, this effect acts weakly on exciton production at optimal atomic densities. The parameters of a self-maintained electric discharge in condensed inert gases as a source of ultraviolet radiation are discussed from the standpoint of electron drift processes.     

基于第一性原理的CVD金刚石涂层表面氧原子作用分析

采用第一性原理方法研究了氧原子在CVD金刚石涂层表面吸附形成的两种氧掺杂结构的差异及脱附CO的难易程度.仿真计算结果表明：氧原子在金刚石表面顶位和桥位吸附形成C=O羰结构和C-O-C醚结构,改变与其直接成键的局部金刚石结构;C-O-C结构吸附能比C=O结构大,其结构更加稳定;C=O结构断键脱附形成CO的能垒比C-O-C结构更低,CVD金刚石涂层表面脱附CO主要是以C=O断键形成;氢终止表面能够增强碳原子之间成键,提高C=O脱附的能垒,而氧终止表面作用相反,降低脱附能垒.     

Heating of condensation surface during magnetron sputtering

Chromium films deposited by magnetron sputtering on non-heated substrates from non-thermalized atoms crystallize in regular bcc Cr phase, with non-uniform microstructure and lattice constant along the thickness. These non-uniformities decrease with elevation of the substrate temperature and vanish at a certain value. However films deposited on non-heated substrates from thermalized atoms crystallize in a low-temperature Cr phase and have almost uniform microstructure. We have developed a model explaining this effect, which is based on the supposition of the formation of a “hot” layer on the growth surface during deposition, whose temperature depends on the flux of energy delivered to the condensation surface and can be noticeably higher than the substrate temperature. Detailed investigation of the structure of Cr films deposited at various temperatures and energy fluxes delivered to the growth surface, correlate well with the above model.     

低能CU6团簇在CU(001)表面和AU(001)表面沉积的分子动力学模拟研究

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Atomic mechanism of vitrification process in simple monatomic nanoparticles *

Glass formation in simple monatomic nanoparticles has been studied by molecular dynamics simulations in spherical model with a free surface. Models have been obtained by cooling from the melt toward glassy state. Atomic mechanism of glass formation was monitored via spatio-temporal arrangement of solid-like and liquid-like atoms in nanoparticles. We use Lindemann freezing-like criterion for identification of solid-like atoms which occur randomly in supercooled region. Their number grows intensively with decreasing temperature and they form clusters. Subsequently, single percolation solid-like cluster occurs at temperature above the glass transition. Glass transition occurs when atoms aggregated into this single percolation cluster are in majority in the system to form relatively rigid glassy state. Solid-like domain is forming in the center of nanoparticles and grows outward to the surface. We found temperature dependence of potential energy, mean-squared displacement (MSD) of atoms, diffusion constant, incoherent intermediate scattering function, radial distribution function (RDF), local bond-pair orders detected by Honeycutt-Andersen analysis, radial density profile and radial atomic displacement distributions in nanoparticles. We found that liquid-like atoms in models obtained below glass transition have a tendency to concentrate in the surface layer of nanoparticles. However, they do not form a purely liquid-like surface layer coated nanoparticles.     

脉冲激光诱导金属薄膜电离的分子动力学模拟

采用分子动力学方法模拟研究了激光诱导金属薄膜的电离过程,对激光等离子体形成早期原子的运动轨迹、薄膜表面的温度变化以及原子的电离特性进行了详细分析,并探究了脉冲激光参数对原子电离过程的影响.结果表明,在激光照射过程中,薄膜表面先熔化而后又气化,气化的原子继续吸收激光能量继而电离.激光的峰值功率密度越大,原子电离速率越快,电离数目越多,薄膜表面的温度越高.脉冲宽度越小,原子电离速率越快,薄膜表面的温度越高,但原子的电离数目先增加后减小.     

Hydrogen outgassing mechanism in titanium materials

This paper addresses a hydrogen outgassing mechanism in titanium materials with extremely low outgassing property by investigating the distribution of hydrogen atoms concentration in depth below the surface, and the activation energy for desorption of dissolved hydrogen atoms into the boundary region between the surface oxide layer and the bulk titanium and that of adsorbed hydrogen atoms on the surface. The distribution of hydrogen atoms concentration in depth below the surface was analyzed by a time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (TOF-SIMS). The activation energy for desorption of dissolved hydrogen atoms was estimated by the thermal desorption spectroscopy (TDS) measurement with various heating rates. The activation energy for desorption of adsorbed hydrogen atoms was estimated by the temperature dependence of the outgassing rate in titanium material. In the titanium material, hydrogen atoms show maximum concentration at the boundary between the surface oxide layer and the bulk titanium. Concentration of hydrogen atoms decreases rapidly at the surface oxide layer, while it decreases slowly in the deep region below the surface layer-bulk boundary by the vacuum evacuation without/with the baking process. The activation energy for desorption of 1.02 eV of dissolved hydrogen atoms into the surface layer-bulk boundary is about three times as large as that of 0.38 eV of the adsorbed hydrogen atoms on the surface. These results suggest that the hydrogen outgassing mechanism in the titanium material is composed the follows processes, i.e. the slow hydrogen atoms diffusion at the surface layer-bulk boundary, quick hydrogen atoms diffusion at the surface oxide layer and rapid desorption of adsorbed hydrogen atoms on the surface. This outgassing mechanism gives very low hydrogen concentration near the surface, which results in the extremely low outgassing rate in titanium materials.     

Subthreshold sputtering at high temperatures

The sputtering of tungsten from a target at a temperature of 1470 K during irradiation by 5-eV deuterium ions in a steady-state dense plasma is discovered. The literature values of the threshold for the sputtering of tungsten by deuterium ions are 160–200 eV. The tungsten sputtering coefficient measured by the loss of weight is found to be 1.5×10^?4 atom/ion at a deuterium ion energy of 5 eV. Previously, such a sputtering coefficient was usually observed at energies of 250 eV. The sputtering is accompanied by a change in the target surface relief, i.e., by the etching of the grain boundaries and the formation of a wavy structure on the tungsten surface. The subthreshold sputtering at a high temperature is explained by the possible sputtering of adsorbed tungsten atoms that are released from the traps around the interstitial atoms and come to the target surface from the space between the grains. The wavy structure on the surface results from the merging of adsorbed atoms into ordered clusters.     

Surface energy anisotropy of iron surfaces by carbon adsorption

To investigate the surface energy anisotropy of carbon-adsorbed iron surfaces related to carbon nanotube growth we have performed self-consistent pseudopotential density-functional calculations. The iron particle’s equilibrium shape is obtained from the Wulff construction using the calculated surface energies. We investigate the adsorption and diffusion of carbon atoms on the iron surfaces. It is found that the desorption energy of the carbon atoms and the activation energy for carbon diffusion are very different on different facets. Using the energetics of carbon-adsorbed iron surfaces, we evaluate the formation energies of the surfaces as a function of carbon chemical potential. Since the surface energies of the low-index iron facets are affected differently by the presence of carbon, the crystal shape is changed correspondingly.     

Aerosol Catalysis on Nickel Nanoparticles

Nickel nanoparticles produced by spark discharges were used as aerosol catalyst for the formation of methane. The available surface area of the particles was determined using different methods. It was found that the surface area available for nitrogen adsorption and, therefore, for the methanation reaction remained virtually constant during restructuring of the agglomerates while the surface area based on the mobility was significantly reduced. In general, the reaction parameters such as activation energy and reaction rates agree well with the values for single nickel crystals and foils. At temperatures above 350°C the activation energy and the photoelectric activity of the particles decrease indicating the formation of graphite on the particle surface. Also the change of the work function points to the build up of multiple layers of graphite on the particle surface. The surprisingly low temperature for the surface deactivation may indicate an enhanced formation of carbon atoms at the surface.     

Spectroscopic analysis of electromigration at gold nanojunctions

We have investigated the electromigration process at gold nanojunctions by introducing a novel spectroscopic approach. When the junction voltage exceeded certain critical values, conductance showed successive drops by one quantum conductance, corresponding to one-by-one removal of gold atoms. The observed critical voltages agree with the activation energies for surface diffusion of gold atoms. This fact clearly indicates that the elementary process of electromigration is the self-diffusion of metal atoms driven by microscopic kinetic energy transfer from a single conduction electron to a single metal atom. This new finding can be applied to reproducible formation of atomic-spacing gaps for single molecular junctions and also to the failure-tolerant interconnects for VLSIs.     

Atomistic simulation of Fe deposition and alloy formation on Pt substrates

Fe-Pt alloys are of significant importance toward future applications of high-density magnetic recording media. In this work, we apply the BFS method for alloys to study the energetic pathway for subsurface Fe-Pt alloy formation upon deposition of Fe atoms on Pt(1 0 0), Pt(1 1 1), and vicinal Pt(9 9 7) substrates. The simulation results indicate preference for Fe atoms to occupy sites in the Pt subsurface layers and form an ordered alloy phase upon deposition on a low-index Pt surface. This behavior results in Pt surface segregation leading to nucleation of 3D Pt islands. However, the energetics behind deposition of Fe on Pt(9 9 7) indicate that Fe atoms prefer decoration of Pt step edges prior to formation of the ordered Fe-Pt surface alloy, where the ordered alloy is observed to form at the edges of the monoatomic surface steps. In each case presented here, the results are in agreement with experiment, and the formation of a Fe-Pt subsurface alloy is explained by a simple analysis emerging from the competition between BFS strain and chemical energy contributions.     

Electron-stimulated desorption of sodium atoms from germanium-coated tungsten

The yield of sodium atoms and energy distribution upon electron-stimulated desorption from sodium layers adsorbed on tungsten coated with a germanium thin film are measured under variations in the electron energy, the sodium coverage, and the surface temperature by the time-of-flight method with the use of a surface ionization detector. It is revealed that the electron-stimulated desorption of sodium atoms occurs via three channels, namely, a channel involving ionization of adsorbed sodium; the most efficient channel, which is produced by the germanium ionization; and a channel associated with the formation of tungsten excitons, which brings about desorption of NaGe molecules.