Work function of adsorption systems potassium on tantalum and on molybdenum

Work functions φ_hkl of thermally annealed and potassium covered tantalum and molybdenum as a function of potassium surface density on (011), (112), (100) and (111) planes of these metals have been measured using a field emission microscope. The measurements have been performed at liquid nitrogen temperature (immobile layers). The work function decreases linearly at first, then more slowly, passes through a minimum, and then attains a constant value. Quantitative data on the dependence of φ_hklon surface density of potassium, N_hkl, for tantalum, molybdenum and tungsten have been compared. The principal results of the observations are: (i) for K on Ta, Mo, and W the work function minimum exhibits no distinct dependence on the type of substrate, however, it proves to depend on crystallographic direction of the latter; (ii) the values of the high coverage limit work function are approximately equal for one type of metal planes; (iii) the values of the high coverage limit surface densities of potassium adsorbed on Ta(011), Mo(011) and W(011) surfaces are approximately equal to the surface density of the (011) plane of bulk potassium crystal.     

Field evaporation of silicon (111) surfaces in the presence of hydrogen

The field evaporation rate of Si(111) face in H₂ imaging gas is measured by counting the removal rates on individual net planes in a field ion microscope. The rate is found to decrease with increasing temperature and to be proportional to H₂ gas pressure. The evaporation voltage increases with temperature (T<300). A model explaining this temperature dependence is based on the rate-determining formation of surface hydrides due to field-induced chemisorption of hydrogen.     

The magnetized electron gas in terms of Hurwitz zeta functions

We obtain explicit expressions for thermodynamic quantities of a relativistic degenerate free electron gas in a magnetic field in terms of Hurwitz zeta functions. The formulation allows for systematic expansion in all regimes. Three energy scales appear naturally in the degenerate relativistic gas: the Fermi energy E_F, the temperature T and an energy related to the magnetic field or Landau level spacing, eB/E_F. We study the cold and warm scenarios, T⪡eB/E_F and eB/E_F⪡T, respectively. We reproduce the oscillations of the magnetization as a function of the field in the cold regime and the dilution of them in the warm regime.     

Possible role of oxygen monomers reordering in the photoinduced charge transfer in RBa2Cu3O6+x material

The model of photoassisted oxygen ordering assumes that the enhancement of the conducting properties of RBa₂Cu₃O_6+x material during the light illumination, is the consequence of the CuO_x plane oxygen atoms reordering into long chain fragments, which are known to be better hole dopants than the short ones. Some experimental results suggest that this process is performed mainly through the reaccomodation of the oxygen monomer units (isolated oxygen ions). In the present work concentration of oxygen monomers in the CuO_x planes, which is assumed to be equal to the concentration of holes transferred out of the chain planes during the light illumination, is calculated as a function of oxygen content x, and δT_c (photoinduced enhancement of the superconducting critical temperature T_c) was estimated for different oxygen concentrations. Numerically found values of the δT_c are shown to be in good agreement with experimental findings.     

Coherent phonons in NdBa<Subscript>2</Subscript>Cu<Subscript>3</Subscript>O<Subscript>7−<Emphasis Type="Italic">x</Emphasis></Subscript> single crystals: Optical-response anisotropy and hysteretic behavior

Femtosecond pump-probe measurements of reflection from crystallographic planes are performed to investigate lattice relaxation dynamics in the NdBa₂Cu₃O_{7? x} high-temperature superconductor. Ultrafast phonon response is examined over a wide temperature range for various orientations of the pump and probe polarization vectors with respect to particular crystallographic axes. The initial phases of coherent phonons are measured, and hysteretic behavior is revealed in the transition between two temperature regions above T_c for the ac plane.     

Field emission study of ammonia adsorption and catalytic decomposition on individual molybdenum planes

A probe-hole field emission microscope was used to investigate the crystallographic specificity of ammonia adsorption at 200 and 300 K on (110), (100), (211) and (111) molybdenum crystal planes. Chemisorbed NH₃ causes a large work function decrease, especially at 200 K in agreement with an associative adsorption model which can also explain that this decrease is more important on the crystal planes of highest work function (At 200 K, Δφ = ?2.25 eV on Mo(110) compared to Δφ = ?1.55 eV on Mo (111). The decomposition of NH₃ was followed by measuring the work function changes for stepwise heating of the Mo tip covered with NH₃ at 200 K. On the four studied planes NH₃ decomposition and H₂ desorption are completed at about 400 K. Δφ changes above 400 K depend on the crystal plane and have been related to two different nitrogen surface states. No inactive plane towards NH₃ adsorption and decomposition has been found but the noted crystallographic anisotropy in this low pressure study is relevant to the structure sensitive character of the NH₃ decomposition and synthesis reactions.     

Thermal faceting of the rutile TiO2(001) surface

Temperature dependent faceting of rutile TiO₂ surfaces cut to the (001) plane has been reported [Tait and Kasowski, Phys. Rev. B20 (1979) 5178]. By comparing LEED data to beam positions calculated for various sets of facet planes, the facet planes have been identified. The first ordered structure observed on annealing ion bombarded surfaces is composed of {011} facets with the facet planes in a (2 × 1) reconstruction. The high temperature structure produced on annealing above 1300K is best described as {114} facets; however, there are deviations of the observed LEED pattern from that calculated for {114} facets, possibly because of the presence of related planes. LEED data have now been obtained on the behavior of (110), (100), (011), (114), and (001) surfaces in UHV. The observed stability of TiO₂ surfaces can be related to the Ti ion coordination numbers in the surface plane as derived from stoichiometric terminations of the rutile lattice.     

Single crystal magnetization studies of DySb

High resolution magnetization measurements in single crystal-spherical DySb samples have been performed versus T in fields to 23.6 kOe. Measurements with H along principal crystallographic and 〈11$\text{2}$〉 directions are interpreted in terms of the intermediate metamagnetic phase having the HoP structure. Magnetization components parallel and perpendicular to the applied field for field rotations in (110) and (111) crystallographic planes have been measured and are interpreted in terms of a simple model with a single critical field. For H ∥ 〈110〉, M and H are collinear. The (M - H - T) phase diagram has been determined for H ∥ 〈110〉. The metamagnetic transition is 1st order below a critical point P_c = (8.5 K, 14.7 kOe) becoming 2nd order above. Field induced order for T >T_N is observed in agreement with the results of Brun et al. The absence of hysteresis in M_∥(θ) for H in (110) and (111) planes is interpreted as evidence for the tunneling model in DySb.     

Entstehung und Eigenschaften des Halo bei Pinch-Plasmen

In pinch discharges a second plasma regime called halo^1,2 outside the central plasma column^1-4 has been observed. This surrounding plasma was investigated in the experiments with the 5.4 m long compression coil in the ISARI linear theta pinch because there it appears highly pronounced. The development of the discharge was observed side-on (stereoscopic) with image converters and a streak camera. It appears possible to resolve the space-time behaviour of the plasma, especially in the dynamic phase of the discharge where the halo shows a filament like structure, by using high-speed color reversal film (streak camera). Furthermore, the smear pictures show that after 6–8 μsec the halo region is frozen into the external magnetic field, that is from this time the halo is characterized by a high electrical conductivity. The boundary layer of the halo follows a magnetic flux tube. The parameters of the halo, such as electron densityn _e (< 10¹⁵ cm^?3), atomic temperatureT _a , and ion temperatureT _i (< 15 eV), were determined spectroscopically as a function of time and location from the broadening of the deuterium Balmer lines. The absolutely measured line intensities do not allow direct calculation of the electron temperature since the excited levels of the investigated Balmer lines are mainly populated from the ground level. By numerical solution of a system of rate equations describing the change of the levels a region for the electron temperature 5<T _e <10eV can be specified. Different mechanisms, such as photoionization, ionization by electron impact in a time varying magnetic field, ionizing collisions of high velocity neutral atoms with neutral gas at rest, transport processes in the plasma across the magnetic field, instabilities which may cause the development of the halo, are discussed by means of the experimental results. It is concluded that the halo region is caused by flute instabilities.     

On the theory of localized superconductivity: Fluctuational diamagnetism

The diamagnetic susceptibility of a twinning plane at temperatures slightly higher than the localized superconductivity temperature T_c as well as the heat capacity jump at T = T_c are calculated. The possibility of an appreciable increase of the superconductivity temperature in small particles containing twinning planes is studied.     

Orientation dependence of structural transition in fcc Al driven under uniaxial compression by atomistic simulations

By molecular dynamics simulations employing an embedded atom method potential,we have investigated structural transformations in single crystal Al caused by uniaxial strain loading along the [001],[011] and [111] directions. We find that the structural transition is strongly dependent on the crystal orientations. The entire structure phase transition only occurs when loading along the [001] direction,and the increased amplitude of temperature for [001] loading is evidently lower than that for other orientations. The morphology evolutions of the structural transition for [011] and [111] loadings are analysed in detail. The results indicate that only 20% of atoms transit to the hcp phase for [011] and [111] loadings,and the appearance of the hcp phase is due to the partial dislocation moving forward on {111} fcc family. For [011] loading,the hcp phase grows to form laminar morphology in four planes,which belong to the {111} fcc family; while for [111] loading,the hcp phase grows into a laminar structure in three planes,which belong to the {111} fcc family except for the (111) plane. In addition,the phase transition is evaluated by using the radial distribution functions.     

EPR studies of linewidth anomalies at phase transitions in [N(C2H5)4]2MnCl4

We have studied [N(C₂H₅)₄]₂MnCl₄ crystal by X-band CW EPR spectra in the temperature range 170-300 K. The angular dependences of linewidth ΔH were measured and described in the light of a double-layer system (2D) with exchange interactions. Two temperature anomalies of linewidth ΔH were found at T₁=225 K and T₂=192 K on cooling. Different behaviors of ΔH anomalies recorded for an external magnetic field parallel and perpendicular to the ab crystallographic plane indicate ordering/disordering of MnCl₄ groups in this plane and their displacement along the c-axis which occurs in the temperature of about 225 K.     

Interaction of neutral hydrogen atoms with KCl(OO1)

Neutral hydrogen atoms with velocity selected thermal energies, have been scattered from KCl(001) cleavage planes in UHV. For cold crystal surfaces (T_SF ? 170 K) even a small residual pressure of water resulted in an ordered monolayer coverage of the (001) plane. From this surface, diffraction has been observed with diffracted beams up to third order and characteristically varying intensities were observed and analysed in terms of a quantum mechanical rainbow scattering theory. Resonant transitions of atoms to bound states at the surface (“selective adsorption”) were observed and used to determine the interaction potential of hydrogen atoms with this water covered surface: first in terms of a Morse potential, second in terms of a $\text{C}{}_3\text{z}{}^3$-dependent attractive potential. The surface Debye-Waller factor has been measured for clean KCl(001), for the water covered (001) plane as well as for partially covered surfaces. The results are interpreted within a simple model.     

Low-temperature thermal conductivity of terbium-gallium garnet

Thermal conductivity of paramagnetic Tb₃Ga₅O₁₂ (TbGG) terbium-gallium garnet single crystals is investigated at temperatures from 0.4 to 300 K in magnetic fields up to 3.25 T. A minimum is observed in the temperature dependence κ(T) of thermal conductivity at T _min = 0.52 K. This and other singularities on the κ(T) dependence are associated with scattering of phonons from terbium ions. The thermal conductivity at T = 5.1 K strongly depends on the magnetic field direction relative to the crystallographic axes of the crystal. Experimental data are considered using the Debye theory of thermal conductivity taking into account resonance scattering of phonons from Tb³⁺ ions. Analysis of the temperature and field dependences of the thermal conductivity indicates the existence of a strong spin-phonon interaction in TbGG. The low-temperature behavior of the thermal conductivity (field and angular dependences) is mainly determined by resonance scattering of phonons at the first quasi-doublet of the electron spectrum of Tb³⁺ ion.     

On the perfection of cleavage planes of potassium bichromate single crystals

The relative perfection of the 001, 100 and 100 cleavage planes of potassium bichromate single crystals is analysed by calculations of the surface energy of main crystallographic planes. The surface energy was determined for the three cleavage planes as well as for planes corresponding to other theoretically possible orientations. It was found that: (1) among different planes the calculated values of the surface energy of the 001, 100 and 010 cleavage planes of potassium bichromate are the lowest, (2) among the three cleavage planes the 001 perfect cleavage plane has the lowest surface energy, (3) the relative perfection of different cleavage planes can be explained by using the coefficient δ proportional to the ratio of the surface energy of the hkl cleavage plane to the energy of dislocations emerging on the plane, and (4) the lower the values of the coefficient δ for a cleavage plane, the better is the cleavage perfection.     

Thickness dependence of the magnetic anisotropy of Fe layers separated by Al

Magnetic multilayers of ⁵⁷Fe with nominal thickness, T _nom, between 0.4 and 1.0 nm separated by 3.0 nm Al spacer layers were prepared by alternate deposition of the constituents in high vacuum. The samples were investigated at 4.2 K in external magnetic field. A fraction of Fe atoms corresponding to about 0.3 nm equivalent Fe-thickness was found to mix into the Al spacer. The extremely strong magnetic anisotropy observed for T _nom < 0.8 nm is attributed to Fe layers of approximately two atomic planes thick. The anisotropy decreases considerably after the building up of the third Fe atomic layer starts at T _nom = 0.8 nm, but full saturation was not achieved even for T _nom = 1 nm and 3 T magnetic field applied perpendicularly to the sample plane.     

ESR of LaS : Er and the origin of random strains in dilute rare earth alloys

ESR of LaS : Er indicates a г₇ ground state for the Er ion. The data exhibit an angular dependent linewidth upon rotating the magnetic field H in the (011) plane with a minimum of the linewidth for H along the [111] direction. This feature is similar to that obtained for LaSb : Dy (although the effect is significantly smaller in the present case) but it is different from Ag : Dy and Au : Er which exhibit a clear maximum linewidth for H along the [111] direction upon rotating the magnetic field in the (011) plane. Using moment calculation, we demonstrate that this different behaviour is due to the dominance of г₃ type of strains in LaSb : Dy and LaS : Er but г₅ type of strains in the case of Ag : Dy and Au : Er. For the case of LaSb : Dy, this idea is supported by direct lineshape analysis. Knowledge of the magnetoelastic constants enables us to extract the width of the strain distributions. Free energy calculations together with the large magnetoelastic coupling constant measured by others for LaSb : Dy, might indicate that the large strain effects are associated with softening of the elastic constants C(г₃) at low temperatures.     

The channeling of light ions in the cubic and tetragonal (ferroelectrically polarized) phases of BaTiO3

Abstract

The channeling properties of thin BaTiO₃ crystals at temperatures both above and below the ferroelectric Curie point (T _c ? 120°C)have been measured with 3.8 MeV protons. In the cubic phase (T > T _c ), values for critical angles and minimum yields, have been measured for the major crystal axes and planes by detecting backscattered and transmitted protons, and characteristic X-rays. These values are compared with those predicted by current theories of ion channeling. In the tetragonal phase (T < T _c ), measurements were made with single ferroelectric domains. The channeling characteristics of the (100) planes in BaTiO₃ are found to be strongly dependent on the relative orientations of the electric polarization vector P, the (100) planes, and the beam direction. For example, when P lies in the channeling plane, strong channeling occurs; but when P is normal to the plane, the incident beam is rapidly dechanneled. These effects are attributed to the relatively large ionic displacements, and the strong internal electric fields in the ferroelectrically polarized state.