Analytical determination of the Landau-Ginzburg parameters of (100)metal homoepitaxial systems |
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Authors: | G. Petsos H. M. Polatoglou |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece |
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Abstract: | In the initial stages of homoepitaxial growth on the (100) surface of metals such as Ag, Fe, Cu, Ni, and Pd, where the clean surface does not reconstruct, two-dimensional islands with compact, near-square shapes are formed. In order to determine the phenomenological material parameters of the nonlinear and nonlocal Landau-Ginzburg theory, which describes the metal homoepitaxial systems mentioned above, an atomistic model for these systems is developed. Based on this model, we derive analytical relationships between the Landau-Ginzburg parameters A, B, C, and D, and the parameters of the homoepitaxial system (such as coverage, first-neighbour interaction energy, etc.). We find that the Landau-Ginzburg parameters of the system depend on the specific material as well as on the coverage of the surface. We then apply the method to the Ag/Ag(100) system. |
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Keywords: | 68.47.De Metallic surfaces 61.50.Ah Theory of crystal structure, crystal symmetry calculations and modeling 64.60.Qb Nucleation |
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