Harrison, M. J., Woodruff, D. P., Robinson, Jim, Dr., Sander, D., Pan, W. and Kirschner, J. (2006) Adsorbate-induced surface reconstruction and surface-stress changes in Cu(100)/O: Experiment and theory. PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 74 (16). doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.74.165402

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Abstract

Using the crystal curvature technique we have measured the change in surface stress on Cu(100) induced by oxygen adsorption to produce, at 300 K, a c(2x2) overlayer phase, and at 500 K, the (root 2x root 2)R45 degrees missing-row reconstructed phase. Density functional theory (DFT) slab calculations have also been performed of the absolute surface stress of the clean Cu(100) surface and these two chemisorbed oxygen phases. Both experiment and theory show that oxygen adsorption leads to a compressive change in the surface stress that is larger for the c(2x2) overlayer (experiment: -1.0 N/m; theory: -3.07 N/m) than for the missing-row reconstruction (experiment: -0.6 N/m; theory: -2.03 N/m). Furthermore, the DFT calculations show that the absolute compressive surface stress of the c(2x2) phase of -1.18 N/m is lowered by the reconstruction to an average value of -0.14 N/m. These results indicate that surface stress reduction plays a role in causing the reconstruction. The discrepancies between theory and experiment are discussed in the context of possible sources of error in both experiment and theory.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	Q Science > QC Physics
Journal or Publication Title:	PHYSICAL REVIEW B
Publisher:	AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOC
ISSN:	1098-0121
Official Date:	October 2006
Dates:	Date Event October 2006 UNSPECIFIED
Volume:	74
Number:	16
Number of Pages:	7
DOI:	10.1103/PhysRevB.74.165402
Publication Status:	Published

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