LEED study of the epitaxial growth of the thin film Au(111)/Ag(111) system

An analysis of LEED data from the Ag(111) surface at room temperature and 5° ? Θ ? 16°, φ = 12° has been carried out in order to test three different model potentials for the exchange and correlation part of the one-electron LEED potential. Clean Au(111) surfaces have been grown on Ag(111) at room temperature at a deposition rate of 0.15 Å s^?1. Similar method of calculation and potentials have been employed for the Au overlay er on Ag(111). After the deposition of ? 2.5 monolayers of Au/Ag(111) the growth of Au can proceed in two different ways. One of them matches satisfactorily with the theoretical calculation for the Au(111) overlayer on Ag(111) following the fcc sequence. The other seems to be concerned with the diffusion of Ag during the Au growth. Similar curves have been obtained during the diffusion of Ag through 350 Å of Au(111).     

Self-assembled monolayers of decanethiol on Au(111)/mica

We report here a preparation for thin gold films on mica substrates. We have investigated the influence of the substrate temperature and the evaporation rate on the morphology of the films. After careful outgasing of the substrate, 100 nm of Au is evaporated onto the mica surface maintained at high temperature. After slow cooling, ex situ characterizations are performed using AFM and STM. For our purposes, the best compromise between roughness and grain size is found to occur for an evaporation rate of 2 ?s^-1 onto a mica substrate maintained at 460 C. We have used these substrates for STM and AFM study of decanethiol self-assembled monolayers (SAMs). We present results for gold samples immersed for a few seconds in decanethiol solutions, revealing an incomplete organization of the films. The organization process is discussed through comparison between AFM and STM data recorded on the SAMs. Then we present molecular resolution STM pictures of ordered SAMs for longer immersion times. Received 25 May 1999     

Ag(111)和Au(111)上铋的初始生长行为

半金属铋(Bi)的表面合金具有的Rashba效应,和其具体结构性质有重要关联.本文结合扫描隧道显微镜(STM)和密度泛函理论(DFT),系统地研究了Bi原子在Ag(111)和Au(111)上的不同初始生长行为.在室温Ag(111)上,连续的Ag2Bi合金薄膜会优先在Ag台阶边缘形成;在570 K Ag(111)上,随着...     

Magnetic and structural properties of Fe(110)/Ag(111) and Fe(100)/Ag(100) multilayers

A comparison of the magnetic and structural properties and growth characteristics between Fe(110)/Ag(111) and Fe(100)/Ag(100) multilayers is presented. The two types of multilayers were made of the same constituent materials but with different oricutations, allowing us to examine the interesting interplay between structure and magnetism. We found fundamentally different magnetic properties including magnetocrystalline anisotropy and surface/interface and thin film magnetism for the two types of multilayers, and their origins were discussed. Presently at the Naval Research Laboratory. Presently at Argonne National Laboratory.     

Strain distributions of confined Au/Ag and Ag/Au nanoparticles

The strain distributions of Au/Ag and Ag/Au nanoparticles confined in the Al2O3 matrix with different core sizes are investigated by using the finite element method, respectively. The simulation results clearly indicate that the compressive strains exerted on the Au/Ag and Ag/Au nanoparticles can be induced by the Al2O3 matrix. Moreover, it can be found that the strain gradient existing in a Au/Ag nanoparticle is much larger than that in a Ag/Au nanoparticle, which could be due to the larger Young's modulus of Au than that of Ag. With the core size increasing, the strain gradient existing in the Au/Ag nanoparticle becomes larger, while the strain gradient existing in the Ag/Au nanoparticle keeps constant. These different strain distributions may have significant influences on the structures and morphologies of the Au/Ag and Ag/Au nanoparticles, leading to the different physical properties for potential applications.     

Ultraviolet photoelectron investigation of Si(111)/Au interface at high temperatures

The intermixed region at the Si(111)/Au interface has been studied with ultraviolet photoemission (hν=21.2 eV and hν=10.2 eV) as a function of thermal treatment of the junction (from RT up to 550°C). At increasing temperatures a chemically driven intermixing takes place. The results depend markedly on the temperature up to ? 350 – 400°C. At higher temperatures a stable interface phase which behaves as a small gap semicondductor has been formed.     

On the nature of the SO4/Ag(111) and SO4/Au(111) surface bonding

The nature of sulfate-Ag(111) and sulfate-Au(111) surface bonding has been investigated at the SCF + MP2 level of theory. Convergence of binding energy with cluster size is investigated and, unlike neutral adsorbates, large clusters are required in order to obtain reliable binding energies. In the most stable adsorption mode, sulfate binds to the surface via three oxygen atoms (C_3v symmetry) with a binding energy of 159.3 kcal/mol on Ag(111) and 143.9 kcal/mol on Au(111). The geometry of adsorbed sulfate was optimized at the SCF level. While the bond length between sulfur and the oxygens coordinated to the surface increases, the sulfur-uncoordinated oxygen bond length decreases. This weakening and strengthening of the bonds, respectively, is consistent with bond order conservation in adsorbates on metal surfaces. Although a charge transfer of 0.4 electrons towards the metal is observed, the adsorbate remains very much sulfate-like. The molecular orbital analysis indicates that there is also some charge back-donation towards unoccupied orbitals of sulfate. This results in an increased electron density around sulfur as revealed in the electron density difference maps. Analysis of the Laplacian of the charge density of free sulfate provides a suitable framework to understand the nature of the different charge transfer processes and allows us to establish some similarities with the CO- and SO₂-metal bondings.     

(Au,Ag)/Si复合纳米颗粒薄膜的微结构与光谱特性

采用复合靶共溅射方法制备了(Au,Ag)/Si复合纳米颗粒薄膜,分别采用Maxwell-Garnett理论和微分有效媒质(DEM)理论计算了Ag/Si复合薄膜的吸收光谱,实验测量结果与DEM理论计算更接近,讨论了(Au,Ag)/Si体系复合薄膜共振吸收峰宽化的微观机制. 关键词：     

Determination of interlayer diffusion parameters for Ag/Ag(111)

It is well known that the Ag/Ag(111) epitaxial system grows three dimensionally because of the existence of a relatively high excess diffusion barrier, DeltaE(s) = 0.13 eV, at the step edges. Several experimental methods have been developed to measure the step edge barrier in this system over a wide coverage range. The probability for an atom to move from a higher to a lower layer depends on both the barrier and the prefactor, so it is important to test whether the prefactors for hopping over a step, nu(s), and for hopping on a terrace, nu(t), are different. We present the results from several experiments on Ag/Ag(111) to conclude that nu(s)/nu(t) = 10(2.0+/-0. 3).     

Umklapp-mediated quantization of electronic states in Ag films on Ge(111)

We employ angle-resolved photoemission to study the electronic structure of atomically uniform films of Ag grown on Ge(111). A new kind of quantum well state is observed near a specific emission direction away from the surface normal. In contrast with the usual quantum well state arising from electron confinement by specular reflections at the surface and interface of the film, the new kind involves retroreflections, or umklapp reflections, at the interface. It requires four reflections, instead of the usual two reflections, to complete a coherent interference path.     

Strain relief through heterophase interface reconstruction: Ag(111)/Ru(0001)

We report an experimental (scanning tunneling microscopy) and theoretical (embedded atom method) study of a heterophase interface reconstruction between Ag(111) and Ru(0001). Despite the large 7% mismatch, the second layer of Ag from the Ru exhibits a hexagonal structure with Ag bulk spacing, providing a close match to bulk Ag. The first layer of Ag (next to Ru) is reconstructed in a highly symmetrical and regular structure containing monolayer long threading dislocations. We argue that this structure may generally occur to relieve strain in a certain class of heterophase interfaces.