Nanopattern formation on Cu(0 0 1) surface coadsorbed with nitrogen and oxygen |
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Authors: | Kazuma Yagyu Kan Nakatsuji Shinji Tsuneyuki |
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Institution: | a Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa-shi, Chiba 277-8581, Japan b Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan |
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Abstract: | Strain-induced nanopatterns formed by the coadsorption of nitrogen and oxygen atoms are studied on the Cu(0 0 1) surface by scanning tunneling microscopy. A square grid pattern similar to that on the N-adsorbed surface appears, and consists of square c(2 × 2) areas with adsorbed N and O atoms when the total density of the adsorbates is around 30% of the Cu atom density on the clean surface. We evaluated the surface strain using a first-principles calculation for a coadsorbed surface and compared it with those on the clean and N-adsorbed surfaces. The strain on the coadsorbed surface is smaller than that of the N-adsorbed surface. The observed size of the square c(2 × 2) area on the coadsorbed surface is larger than that on the N-adsorbed surface with increasing the density of the adsorbates on average as expected by the strain reduction. On the other hand, there is no significant difference in the period of the grid pattern. |
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Keywords: | Density-functional calculations Scanning tunneling microscopy Nanopatterning Self-assembly Surface stress Copper Nitrogen atom Oxygen |
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