Diffusion of Na atoms on a Cu(001) surface
- 15 October 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 60 (15) , 11110-11117
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.60.11110
Abstract
We study the equilibrium properties and the diffusive motion of Na atoms adsorbed on a Cu(001) surface at finite coverages via a model Hamiltonian. Our model Hamiltonian starts with an adatom-substrate interaction potential based on the previous analysis of the zerocoverage He scattering data. The dipole-dipole interaction between the alkali adatoms at finite coverages is then included. We use Monte Carlo simulations to study the ordered structure of the system at low temperatures and molecular-dynamics simulations for evaluating the dynamical correlation functions relevant for both the tracer and collective diffusive constants.This publication has 13 references indexed in Scilit:
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