Step-doubling at Vicinal Ni(111) Surfaces Investigated with a Curved Crystal

Ilyn, Max; Magana, Ana; Walter, Andrew Leigh; Lobo-Checa, Jorge; de Oteyza, Dimas G.; Schiller, Frederik; Ortega, J. Enrique

doi:10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b11254

Title: Step-doubling at Vicinal Ni(111) Surfaces Investigated with a Curved Crystal

Journal Article · Wed Jan 25 00:00:00 EST 2017 · Journal of Physical Chemistry. C

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b11254· OSTI ID:1434767

Ilyn, Max ^[1]; Magana, Ana ^[2]; Walter, Andrew Leigh ^[3]; Lobo-Checa, Jorge ^[4]; de Oteyza, Dimas G. ^[5];

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Centro de Fisica de Materiales CSIC/UPV-EHU-Materials Physics Center, San Sebastian (Spain); Donostia International Physics Centre, San Sebastian (Spain)
Univ. del Pais Vasco, San Sebastian (Spain)
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
CSIC-Univ. de Zaragoza, Zaragoza (Spain)
Donostia International Physics Centre, San Sebastian (Spain); Basque Foundation for Science, Bilbao (Spain)
Centro de Fisica de Materiales CSIC/UPV-EHU-Materials Physics Center, San Sebastian (Spain)
Centro de Fisica de Materiales CSIC/UPV-EHU-Materials Physics Center, San Sebastian (Spain); Univ. del Pais, San Sebastian (Spain); Donostia International Physics Centre, San Sebastian (Spain)

Here, vicinal surfaces may undergo structural transformations as a function of temperature or in the presence of adsorbates. Step-doubling, in which monatomic steps pair up forming double-atom high staircases, is the simplest example. Here we investigate the case of Ni(111) using a curved crystal surface, which allows us to explore the occurrence of step-doubling as a function of temperature and vicinal plane (miscut α and step type). We find a striking A-type ({100}-like microfacets) versus B-type ({111}-like) asymmetry towards step-doubling. The terrace-width distribution analysis performed from Scanning Tunneling Microscopy data points to elastic step interactions overcoming entropic effects at very small miscut α in A-type vicinals, as compared to B-type steps. For A-type vicinals, we elaborate the temperature/miscut phase diagram, on which we establish a critical miscut α_c = 9.3° for step-doubling to take place.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012704

OSTI ID:: 1434767

Report Number(s):: BNL-203488-2018-JAAM; TRN: US1802961

Journal Information:: Journal of Physical Chemistry. C, Vol. 121, Issue 7; ISSN 1932-7447

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