Published July 1987 | Version v1
Journal article

Thermal desorption of strained monoatomic Ag and Au layers from Ru(001)

  • 1. Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Faradayweg 4-6, D-1000 Berlin 33, West Germany

Description

Model-independent or complete analysis of thermal desorption spectra suggests, in agreement with low-energy electron diffraction, that attractive lateral interactions between Ag atoms on a Ru(001) substrate lead to island formation for Ag coverages above 0.15 ML, with zeroth-order desorption kinetics and coverage-independent activation energy of desorption E, and preexponential factor ν. For the system Au/Ru(001), on the other hand, E and ν decrease monotonically with coverage, indicating that Au--Au interactions on Ru(001) are repulsive. For Θ/sub Ag/<0.15 and Θ/sub Au/<1 the systems exhibit a clear compensation effect between E and ν

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
J. Vac. Sci. Technol., A
Journal Volume
5
Journal Issue
4
Series
J. Vac. Sci. Technol., A.
Journal Page Range
875-878
ISSN
0734-2101
CODEN
JVTAD

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
18078954
Subject category
S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE;
Descriptors DEI
ADSORPTION; DESORPTION; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; GOLD; KINETICS; RUTHENIUM; SILVER; THIN FILMS
Descriptors DEC
COHERENT SCATTERING; DIFFRACTION; ELEMENTS; FILMS; METALS; PLATINUM METALS; SCATTERING; TRANSITION ELEMENTS