Published February 2, 2015 | Version v1
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Quantification of ordering at a solid-liquid interface using plasmon electron energy loss spectroscopy

Creators

  • 1. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000 (Israel)

Description

We present an in situ electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) study of ordering of liquid Al at various Al-Al2O3 interfaces. This technique utilizes precise measurements of the shifts in bulk plasmon resonance and their sensitivity to the valence electron density. Plasmon EELS combined with high resolution transmission electron microscopy provides information regarding the chemical composition in liquid Al at Al-Al2O3 interfaces. Preferential oxygen segregation to the (0006) Al2O3 plane was verified, and the (101¯2) Al2O3 plane was found to contain the lowest amount of segregated species

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DOI
10.1063/1.4907617;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Applied Physics Letters
Journal Volume
106
Journal Issue
5
Journal Page Range
p. 051603-051603.3
ISSN
0003-6951
CODEN
APPLAB

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
46126135
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; S75: CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY;
Descriptors DEI
ALUMINIUM; ALUMINIUM OXIDES; ELECTRONS; ENERGY-LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; INTERFACES; OXYGEN; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
Descriptors DEC
ALUMINIUM COMPOUNDS; CHALCOGENIDES; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ELEMENTS; FERMIONS; LEPTONS; METALS; MICROSCOPY; NONMETALS; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; SPECTROSCOPY

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