Helium scattering study of the growth mechanism and phase transitions of Pb overlayers on Cu(100)
- 1 February 1987
- journal article
- conference paper
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 61 (3) , 1239-1241
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.338126
Abstract
We present the first results of thermal energy He scattering by an heteroepitaxial system, namely Pb on Cu(100). The intensity of the specularly reflected He beam as a function of the coverage of Pb is sensitive to disordered adsorption, to the ordering of the overlayer, and to three-dimensional cluster growth. Quantitative information, such as the number of random vacancies in the as-deposited monolayer, can be obtained. The large differences in the cross sections for diffuse scattering between Pb adatoms on the Cu terraces and on the steps have been used to determine the heat of two-dimensional vaporization of Pb atoms from step to terrace sites.This publication has 14 references indexed in Scilit:
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