by B. Santos, J. M. Puerta, J. I. Cerda, T. Herranz, K. F. McCarty and J. de la Figuera
Abstract:
Palladium (Pd) films have been grown and characterized in situ by low-energy electron diffraction (LEED) and microscopy in two different regimes: ultrathin films 2–6 monolayers (ML) thick on Ru(0001), and 20 ML thick films on both Ru(0001) and W(110). The thinner films are grown at elevated temperature (750 K) and are lattice matched to the Ru(0001) substrate. The thicker films, deposited at room temperature and annealed to 880 K, have a relaxed in-plane lattice spacing. All the films present an fcc stacking sequence as determined by LEED intensity versus energy analysis. In all the films, there is hardly any expansion in the surface-layer interlayer spacing. Two types of twin-related stacking sequences of the Pd layers are found on each substrate. On W(110) the two fcc twin types can occur on a single substrate terrace. On Ru(0001) each substrate terrace has a single twin type and the twin boundaries replicate the substrate steps.
Reference:
B. Santos, J. M. Puerta, J. I. Cerda, T. Herranz, K. F. McCarty and J. de la Figuera, “Structure of ultrathin Pd films determined by low-energy electron microscopy and diffraction”, New Journal of Physics, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 023023.
Bibtex Entry:
@article{santos_structure_2010, title = {Structure of ultrathin {Pd} films determined by low-energy electron microscopy and diffraction}, volume = {12}, issn = {1367-2630}, url = {http://stacks.iop.org/1367-2630/12/i=2/a=023023}, doi = {10.1088/1367-2630/12/2/023023}, abstract = {Palladium (Pd) films have been grown and characterized in situ by low-energy electron diffraction (LEED) and microscopy in two different regimes: ultrathin films 2–6 monolayers (ML) thick on Ru(0001), and 20 ML thick films on both Ru(0001) and W(110). The thinner films are grown at elevated temperature (750 K) and are lattice matched to the Ru(0001) substrate. The thicker films, deposited at room temperature and annealed to 880 K, have a relaxed in-plane lattice spacing. All the films present an fcc stacking sequence as determined by LEED intensity versus energy analysis. In all the films, there is hardly any expansion in the surface-layer interlayer spacing. Two types of twin-related stacking sequences of the Pd layers are found on each substrate. On W(110) the two fcc twin types can occur on a single substrate terrace. On Ru(0001) each substrate terrace has a single twin type and the twin boundaries replicate the substrate steps.}, language = {en}, number = {2}, urldate = {2017-08-01}, journal = {New Journal of Physics}, author = {Santos, B. and Puerta, J. M. and Cerda, J. I. and Herranz, T. and McCarty, K. F. and Figuera, J. de la}, year = {2010}, pages = {023023}, file = {IOP Full Text PDF:E:\cmam_papers\files\724\Santos et al. - 2010 - Structure of ultrathin Pd films determined by low-.pdf:application/pdf;IOP Full Text PDF:E:\Usuarios\Administrator\Zotero\storage\ELB8EE23\Santos et al. - 2010 - Structure of ultrathin Pd films determined by low-.pdf:application/pdf}, }