Intermixing at the interface of the system Nb/Fe(1 1 0) investigated by STM |
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Authors: | C WolfU Köhler |
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Institution: | Fakultät für Physik und Astronomie, Institut für Experimentalphysik IV/Oberflächenphysik, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, NB 4/166, D-44780 Bochum, Germany |
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Abstract: | The growth of niobium on the Fe(1 1 0) surface at a deposition temperature between room temperature (RT) and 680 K was studied using in situ STM and LEED. At RT we observe no indication of intermixing. Although a final roughness of only 1.7 Å is reached, the crystalline quality is low. At elevated growth temperatures the development of a surface alloy was observed, whose formation is ascribed to an exchange mechanism through which Nb adatoms are incorporated into the Fe surface. These Nb atoms arrange themselves in chains along the 0 0 1] direction. The expelled Fe atoms form islands on the Nb/Fe-alloy substrate. At higher coverage additionally a Nb wetting layer and intermixed 3D islands evolve. |
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Keywords: | Niobium Iron Heterojunctions Growth Scanning tunneling microscopy |
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