中国物理B ›› 2010, Vol. 19 ›› Issue (2): 26803-026803.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/19/2/026803

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Scanning tunneling microscopy study of surface reconstruction induced by N adsorption on Cu (100) surface

张寒洁1, 鲍世宁1, 窦卫东2   

  1. (1)Physics Department, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China; (2)Physics Department, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China;Physics Department, Shaoxing College of Arts and Science, Shaoxing 310027, China
  • 收稿日期:2008-10-16 修回日期:2009-08-10 出版日期:2010-02-15 发布日期:2010-02-15
  • 基金资助:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos.~60506019 and 10674118).

Scanning tunneling microscopy study of surface reconstruction induced by N adsorption on Cu (100) surface

Dou Wei-Dong(窦卫东)a)b), Zhang Han-Jie(张寒洁)a), and Bao Shi-Ning(鲍世宁)a)   

  1. a Physics Department, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China; b Physics Department, Shaoxing College of Arts and Science, Shaoxing 310027, China
  • Received:2008-10-16 Revised:2009-08-10 Online:2010-02-15 Published:2010-02-15
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 60506019 and 10674118).

摘要: The reconstructed structure of Cu (100) surface induced by atomic N adsorption is studied by using scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). The 2D structure of copper boundary between neighbouring N covered islands is found to be sensitive to the growth conditions, e.g. N+ bombardment time and annealing temperature. The copper boundary experiences a transition from nano-scale stripe to nano-particle when the substrate is continuously annealed at 623~K for a longer time. A well-defined copper-stripe network can be achieved by precisely controlling the growth conditions, which highlights the possibility of producing new templates for nanofabrication.

Abstract: The reconstructed structure of Cu (100) surface induced by atomic N adsorption is studied by using scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). The 2D structure of copper boundary between neighbouring N covered islands is found to be sensitive to the growth conditions, e.g. N+ bombardment time and annealing temperature. The copper boundary experiences a transition from nano-scale stripe to nano-particle when the substrate is continuously annealed at 623 K for a longer time. A well-defined copper-stripe network can be achieved by precisely controlling the growth conditions, which highlights the possibility of producing new templates for nanofabrication.

Key words: nitrogen adsorption, surface reconstruction, surface strain relief, template

中图分类号:  (Adsorption kinetics ?)

  • 68.43.Mn
68.35.B- (Structure of clean surfaces (and surface reconstruction)) 68.37.Ef (Scanning tunneling microscopy (including chemistry induced with STM)) 68.47.De (Metallic surfaces) 81.40.Ef (Cold working, work hardening; annealing, post-deformation annealing, quenching, tempering recovery, and crystallization)