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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Article number | 235414 |
| Pages (from-to) | 235414-1-235414-8 |
| Journal | Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics |
| Volume | 69 |
| Issue number | 23 |
| Publication status | Published - 28 Jun 2004 |
Abstract
In this study, carried out by analysis of intensities and spot profiles in low energy electron diffraction, we investigated the influence of electronegative oxygen atoms as dopants on the long range order, the thermal stability, and the type of phase transitions in the strongly anisotropic chain system Sr on Mo(112) in the low coverage regime at constant Sr concentrations up to 0.2 monolayers (ML), where the pure Sr layers show p(8 × 1) and p(5 × 1) structures, respectively. A single oxygen atom always influences many unit cells of Sr, as expected from a model of coupling the Sr chains by Friedel oscillations. Whereas concentrations of only 0.02 ML of oxygen transform the p(8 × 1) into a p(9 × 1) structure, small concentrations of oxygen atoms stabilize, but do not alter the p(9 × 1) structure over a wide range of oxygen concentrations. Oxygen induced disappearance of depinning transitions was found already for concentrations above 0.01 ML. For these concentrations only melting transitions are still observed. In a concentration range of oxygen and Sr atoms between 1:2 and 1:1 incommensurate structures are formed yielding finally islands of a (3.3 × 1) structure in all cases, interpreted as a sign of beginning formation of mixed oxides. Implications for adsorbate induced structuring of templates are discussed.
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In: Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, Vol. 69, No. 23, 235414, 28.06.2004, p. 235414-1-235414-8.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Structural modifications of quasi-one-dimensional submonolayers by impurity doping
AU - Godzik, G.
AU - Block, Thomas
AU - Pfnür, Herbert
N1 - Funding information: EULEEJ 0295-5075 10.1209/epl/i2001-00488-0 56 , 67 ( 2001 ). This study was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. We thank Dr. I Lyuksyutov and Professor A. Kiejna for helpful discussions.
PY - 2004/6/28
Y1 - 2004/6/28
N2 - In this study, carried out by analysis of intensities and spot profiles in low energy electron diffraction, we investigated the influence of electronegative oxygen atoms as dopants on the long range order, the thermal stability, and the type of phase transitions in the strongly anisotropic chain system Sr on Mo(112) in the low coverage regime at constant Sr concentrations up to 0.2 monolayers (ML), where the pure Sr layers show p(8 × 1) and p(5 × 1) structures, respectively. A single oxygen atom always influences many unit cells of Sr, as expected from a model of coupling the Sr chains by Friedel oscillations. Whereas concentrations of only 0.02 ML of oxygen transform the p(8 × 1) into a p(9 × 1) structure, small concentrations of oxygen atoms stabilize, but do not alter the p(9 × 1) structure over a wide range of oxygen concentrations. Oxygen induced disappearance of depinning transitions was found already for concentrations above 0.01 ML. For these concentrations only melting transitions are still observed. In a concentration range of oxygen and Sr atoms between 1:2 and 1:1 incommensurate structures are formed yielding finally islands of a (3.3 × 1) structure in all cases, interpreted as a sign of beginning formation of mixed oxides. Implications for adsorbate induced structuring of templates are discussed.
AB - In this study, carried out by analysis of intensities and spot profiles in low energy electron diffraction, we investigated the influence of electronegative oxygen atoms as dopants on the long range order, the thermal stability, and the type of phase transitions in the strongly anisotropic chain system Sr on Mo(112) in the low coverage regime at constant Sr concentrations up to 0.2 monolayers (ML), where the pure Sr layers show p(8 × 1) and p(5 × 1) structures, respectively. A single oxygen atom always influences many unit cells of Sr, as expected from a model of coupling the Sr chains by Friedel oscillations. Whereas concentrations of only 0.02 ML of oxygen transform the p(8 × 1) into a p(9 × 1) structure, small concentrations of oxygen atoms stabilize, but do not alter the p(9 × 1) structure over a wide range of oxygen concentrations. Oxygen induced disappearance of depinning transitions was found already for concentrations above 0.01 ML. For these concentrations only melting transitions are still observed. In a concentration range of oxygen and Sr atoms between 1:2 and 1:1 incommensurate structures are formed yielding finally islands of a (3.3 × 1) structure in all cases, interpreted as a sign of beginning formation of mixed oxides. Implications for adsorbate induced structuring of templates are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevB.69.235414
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevB.69.235414
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JO - Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
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SN - 0163-1829
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