A photoemission study of Pd ultrathin films on Pt(111)
The origin of surface core-level shift (SCLS) of Pd thin films on Pt(111) substrate is investigated. At sub-monolayer coverage of Pd thin films, the splitting of Pd 3d core level peaks indicate the contribution of both initial and final-state of photo-ionization processes while there is almost no change on valence band (VB) spectra. When the coverage of Pd reaches to single monolayer, the final-state relaxation effect on the Pd 3d vanishes and only the initial-state effect, a negative SCLS, is present. Also, the VB spectrum at Pd monolayer films shows a clear band narrowing, that is the origin of the negative SCLS at monolayer coverage. As the Pd coverage is increased to more than monolayer thickness, the Pd 3d peaks start to show the surface layer contribution from second and third layers, positive SCLS, and the VB spectrum shows even narrower band width, possibly due to the formation of surface states and strained effect of Pd adlayers on top of the first pseudomorphic layer.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Director. Office of Science. Office of Basic EnergySciences. Materials Science and Engineering Division
- DOE Contract Number:
- DE-AC02-05CH11231
- OSTI ID:
- 860351
- Report Number(s):
- LBNL-57585; JCPSA6; R&D Project: 505701; BnR: KC0202020; TRN: US200524%%106
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 122, Issue 18; Related Information: Journal Publication Date: 05/08/2005; ISSN 0021-9606
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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