Xe monolayer adsorption on Ag(111). II. Lateral structure and Xe-Xe interactions

L. W. Bruch, P. I. Cohen, M. B. Webb

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Abstract

Effects contributing to an observed expansion in the lattice constant of a Xe monolayer on Ag(111) relative to bulk Xe are calculated or estimated. The major effects are the differences in geometry for the lattice sums of the pair and triple-dipole potentials and the lateral interactions of monolayer adatoms through the substrate, which is treated as a continuum. The effects included account for approximately two-thirds of the observed expansion. Presumably the remaining one-third arises from forces depending on details of the electronic structure of the adatom-metal complex.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1-16
Number of pages16
JournalSurface Science
Volume59
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 1976

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* Work supported in part by the National Science Foundation Grants DMR 74-1197 and DMR 74-19826. ** Present address: Center of Materials Research, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA

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