Alkali metal adsorption on Al(111)
(1993) In Surface Science 289(3). p.307-334- Abstract
The submonolayer adsorption of Na, K, Rb, and Cs on the Al(111) surface at 100 K and at room temperature is investigated by high resolution core level spectroscopy and low energy electron diffraction. It is found that the first alkali atoms on the surface adsorb at surface defects. At higher coverages, up to approximately one third of the maximum submonolayer coverage, alkali atoms adsorbed at defects coexist with a dispersed phase. At higher coverages island formation is found to occur for the majority of the systems. It is argued that all of the ordered structures formed at room temperature involve a disruption of the Al(111) surface in contrast to the situation at 100 K where the alkali atoms adsorb as adatoms.
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- Andersen, J. N. LU ; Lundgren, E. LU ; Nyholm, R. LU and Qvarford, M.
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- 1993-06-01
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- Contribution to journal
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- published
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- Surface Science
- volume
- 289
- issue
- 3
- pages
- 28 pages
- publisher
- Elsevier
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- scopus:0027610658
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- 0039-6028
- DOI
- 10.1016/0039-6028(93)90663-5
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- English
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