UNSPECIFIED. (2004) Nitrogen-induced nanometre-scale faceting of Cu(410). Surface Science, 560 (1-3). pp. 35-44. ISSN 0039-6028

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Abstract

Scanning tunnelling microscopy has been used to investigate the morphological and atomic-scale structural changes to a Cu(4 1 0) surface induced by adsorbed atomic nitrogen. This (10 0) vicinal face is found to restructure to form ordered arrays of (1 0 0) nanofacets, separated by double-height steps of local (2 1 0) or (3 1 0) orientation, with a periodicity of approximately three times that of the step spacing of the original (4 1 0); step bunches to produce (2 1 0) and (3 1 0) nanofacets restore the correct average orientation. The (1 0 0) nanofacets show a c(2 x 2) structural phase similar to that found for N adsorption on extended Cu(10 0) surfaces, but do not show the novel c(2 x 2)-N 50 Angstrom island ordering seen on Cu(1 0 0), usually attributed to the role of local compressive surface stress. However, single atomic steps occur across the (1 0 0) nanofacets at 100-200 Angstrom intervals, and this modified morphology is attributed to the role of the narrow facets in allowing lateral strain to reduce the compressive stress. The absence of (1 1 0) facets associated with full agglomeration of surface steps is discussed in terms of the structure of the pseudo-(1 0 0) outermost layer of the (2 x 3) reconstruction which characterises the adsorption of N on extended Cu(1 1 0) surfaces. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	Q Science > QD Chemistry Q Science > QC Physics
Journal or Publication Title:	Surface Science
Publisher:	ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
ISSN:	0039-6028
Date:	1 July 2004
Volume:	560
Number:	1-3
Number of Pages:	10
Page Range:	pp. 35-44
Identification Number:	10.1016/j.susc.2004.04.054
Publication Status:	Published
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/8282

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