Surface structure of low-coveraged Cs on Si(0 0 1)-() system

Alkali metals (AM) on semiconductors have been investigated as a simple model system for the metal-semiconductor interfaces due to their simple electronic structures. Especially, cesium (Cs) on Si(0 0 1) surface has been studied with various experimental techniques. In this study, we investigated the atomic structure of initial Cs adsorption on Si(0 0 1)-(2×1) surface using coaxial impact collision ion scattering spectroscopy. When Cs atoms are adsorbed on Si(0 0 1)-(2×1) up to 0.2 ML at room temperature, the initial adsorption site is on-top T3 site with poor periodicity and the length of Si dimer is reserved as in the clean Si(0 0 1) surface. It is also found that Cs atoms adsorbed on Si(0 0 1) surface with a height of 2.83±0.05 Å from the second layer of Si(0 0 1) surface.     

Superconductivity in the alkali metals

At ambient pressure there are 29 elemental superconductors in the periodic table, none of which is an alkali metal. The first alkali metal to become superconducting under high pressure is Cs followed years later by Li. Alkali metals are believed to be exemplary free-electron systems. The fact that an alkali metal becomes superconducting at all is surprising and is a result of the fact that under pressure it shows marked deviations from free-electron behaviour where, counterintuitively, bands narrow and gaps widen. For this reason the alkali metals are among the most interesting systems known to study in high-pressure experiments and superconductivity is one of their most fascinating properties.     

碱木素的近红外光谱吸收机理的研究

通过碱木素模型物对醌、邻醌和香兰素的溶液在800～900 nm的近红外光谱波段内的吸收谱图的对比发现,对醌和邻醌在此波段产生较强的吸收,而香兰素基本上没有吸收,证明了碱木素的醌型结构在800～900 nm波段内产生特征吸收。对银杏和夹竹桃磨木木素碱处理前后的溶液在800～900 nm波段内的吸光度的差别分析,发现夹竹桃的磨木木素的吸光度的相对变化更大,这是由于夹竹桃磨木木素经碱处理后产生了更多的醌型结构。这也是在硫酸盐法蒸煮过程中在800～900 nm波段内阔叶材的蒸煮液吸光度大于针叶材的蒸煮液吸光度的主要原因。     

高温高压下绿辉石成因研究

在3 GPa,1 200 ℃条件下,分别以碱性玄武岩粉末和等化学计量光谱纯试剂为原料进行高温高压熔融结晶实验,对实验产物进行了电子探针测试和拉曼光谱分析,确定结晶产物为绿辉石,其拉曼谱峰的半高宽较窄且形态尖锐,表明绿辉石晶体中Si—O四面体结构稳定,矿物内部有序度高。结合前人研究成果探讨了绿辉石成因的影响因素及其原始岩浆,结果表明绿辉石的形成可能受母岩成分、体系流体含量和温压条件等多种因素影响。本实验结果为绿辉石和榴辉岩成因学研究提供可能的实验依据。     

Growth mode and novel structure of ultra-thin KCl layers on the Si(1 0 0)-2 × 1 surface

This study investigates ultra-thin potassium chloride (KCl) films on the Si(1 0 0)-2 × 1 surfaces at near room temperature. The atomic structure and growth mode of this ionic solid film on the covalent bonded semiconductor surface is examined by synchrotron radiation core level photoemission, scanning tunneling microscopy and ab initio calculations. The Si 2p, K 3p and Cl 2p core level spectra together indicate that adsorbed KCl molecules at submonolayer coverage partially dissociate and that KCl overlayers above one monolayer (ML) have similar features in the valance band density of states as those of the bulk KCl crystal. STM results reveal a novel c(4 × 4) structure at 1 ML coverage. Ab initio calculations show that a model that comprises a periodic pyramidal geometry is consistent with experimental results.     

Electronic properties of (3/2 × 3/2)-Na/Cu(1 1 1)

High-resolution electron energy loss spectroscopy was used to study the electronic properties of (3/2 × 3/2)-Na/Cu(1 1 1) at room temperature. Loss spectra showed two-well distinct losses at 114 and 180 meV assigned to not dispersive charge density waves. Mechanisms to explain their existence are proposed. Moreover, the expected 2D plasmon of the Na quantum well state was not observed. The strong influence of the underlying Cu substrate may be responsible for the absence of such mode.     

Temperature-dependent surface X-ray diffraction on K/Ag(001)-(2 × 1)

Temperature-dependent surface X-ray diffraction experiments have been performed on the K/Ag(001)-(2 × 1) adsorption system. The structure is characterized by a missing-row geometry in which alternate Ag rows along [1 0] are missing. The K atoms reside within the large grooves coordinated by six Ag atoms at a distance of 3.44(5) Å, corresponding to an effective K-radius of 2.00(5) Å. Large anisotropic disorder is observed for both the K-atoms and the top-layer (“ridge”) Ag atoms. The K-atom displacements are largest in the direction along the grooves, whereas for the Ag atoms the vibrations along [110] are significantly larger. The temperature dependence of the Ag vibrations is in accordance with Debye theory for the [110] direction, but deviates from it for the [1 0] vibrations at high temperature. In contrast to the K-atoms, the out-of-plane vibrations of the top-layer Ag atoms are larger than the in-plane vibrations. The inclusion of anharmonic contributions to describe the Ag disorder significantly improves the fits. It is shown that if anharmonicity is neglected the interlayer contraction is overestimated (Δd₁₂/d₁₂ only −3.2%, instead of −12.7% if anharmonicity is neglected). Due to the anharmonicity, different definitions of the atomic position arise (mean, mode and equilibrium position), which are discussed on the basis of the results.     

Electron-stimulated desorption of thin epitaxial films of KBr grown on (100)InSb

We have measured time-of-flight (TOF) distributions of Br atoms desorbed from thin (less than 1000 Å) epitaxial films of KBr on (100) InSb with a 2 keV electron beam. Although the general structure of the TOF spectra was similar to that obtained previously for the thick crystals, both the fast and the slow (thermal) components of the distribution were strongly dependent on the film thickness. We argue that this dependence is due to two different diffusion processes involved in the transport of the primary excitation products from the bulk to the surface. By measuring the velocity resolved ESD yield for films of various thicknesses, we determined that a diffusion length of the carriers responsible for the thermal ESD component varied from 30 to 700 Å with temperature in the range 20–300°C. In contrast, for the non-thermal desorption we found the carrier diffusion length of about 140 Å which did not depend significantly on the temperature.     

Effect of various adsorbates in dephasing and population decay of the Cu(1 0 0) image potential states

A theoretical study of the electron dynamics in image potential states on Cu(1 0 0) surfaces with different types of adsorbates is presented. Scattering of the image state electron by an adsorbate induces inter-band and intra-band transitions leading respectively to the population decay and to the dephasing of the image state. We compare results obtained with low coverage (typically 1 adsorbate atom per 1000 surface atoms) Cs, Ar, and a model electronegative adsorbates. As follows from our results, Cs adsorbates lead to both appreciable dephasing and decay, while electronegative adsorbates mostly affect the dephasing rate. The effect of low coverage Ar adsorbates is small, consistent with their neutrality.     

All solid state ion-conducting cesium source for atomic clocks

Cesium containing glass with solid metal electrodes was used as a Cs atom source in a high vacuum system. A silver anode provides an injection source of highly mobile ions which sweep Cs to the cathode surface, from which they evaporate into the vacuum. Cathode metallization with finger patterns was used leaving bare glass for Cs evaporation. Laser absorption measurements show Cs vapor generation synchronous with an applied DC voltage.