Determining whether metals nucleate homogeneously on graphite: A case study with copper

Appy, David; Lei, Huaping; Han, Yong; Wang, Cai-Zhuang; Tringides, Michael C; Shao, Dahai; Kwolek, Emma J; Evans, J W; Thiel, P A

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.90.195406

Title: Determining whether metals nucleate homogeneously on graphite: A case study with copper

Journal Article · Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 EDT 2014 · Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.90.195406· OSTI ID:1163921

Appy, David ^[1]; Lei, Huaping ^[1]; Han, Yong ^[1]; Wang, Cai-Zhuang ^[1]; Tringides, Michael C ^[1]; Shao, Dahai ^[1]; Kwolek, Emma J ^[2]; Evans, J W ^[1]; Thiel, P A ^[1]

Ames Laboratory
Iowa State University

We observe that Cu clusters grow on surface terraces of graphite as a result of physical vapor deposition in ultrahigh vacuum. We show that the observation is incompatible with a variety of models incorporating homogeneous nucleation and calculations of atomic-scale energetics. An alternative explanation, ion-mediated heterogeneous nucleation, is proposed and validated, both with theory and experiment. This serves as a case study in identifying when and whether the simple, common observation of metal clusters on carbon-rich surfaces can be interpreted in terms of homogeneous nucleation. We describe a general approach for making system-specific and laboratory-specific predictions.

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Research Organization:: Ames Lab., Ames, IA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

DOE Contract Number:: DE-AC02-07CH11358

OSTI ID:: 1163921

Report Number(s):: IS-J 8428; PRBMDO; ArticleNumber: 195406

Journal Information:: Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, Vol. 90, Issue 19; ISSN 1098-0121

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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