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Nitrogen-induced nanometre-scale faceting of Cu(410)
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UNSPECIFIED (2004) Nitrogen-induced nanometre-scale faceting of Cu(410). Surface Science, 560 (1-3). pp. 35-44. doi:10.1016/j.susc.2004.04.054 ISSN 0039-6028.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.susc.2004.04.054
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 | ||||
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Subjects: | Q Science > QD Chemistry Q Science > QC Physics |
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Journal or Publication Title: | Surface Science | ||||
Publisher: | ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV | ||||
ISSN: | 0039-6028 | ||||
Official Date: | 1 July 2004 | ||||
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Volume: | 560 | ||||
Number: | 1-3 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 10 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 35-44 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1016/j.susc.2004.04.054 | ||||
Publication Status: | Published |
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