The Low Energy Auger Electron Spectroscopy Lines as an Index of the Ba Overlayer Order on the Ni(110) Surface
Author(s) -
D. Vlachos,
M. Kamaratos,
S.D. Foulias
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
international journal of spectroscopy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1687-9457
pISSN - 1687-9449
DOI - 10.1155/2014/289346
Subject(s) - overlayer , auger electron spectroscopy , materials science , analytical chemistry (journal) , chemistry , physics , chromatography , nuclear physics
We investigate the interaction of Ba with the Ni(110) surface at elevated temperatures by means of Auger electron spectroscopy and low energy electron diffraction. The results show that annealing of the substrate causes desorption and ordering of the initially amorphous overlayer, resulting in c(2×2) and (2×2) structures. It is observed that the induced ordering crucially affects the lineshape of the double Auger transition line Ba(73 eV)N45O23P1, establishing this line as an index of ordering of the Ba overlayer. The underlying physics of this effect is discussed
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