Physics – Condensed Matter – Materials Science
Scientific paper
2001-09-24
Phys. Rev. B 65, (2002) 233403
Physics
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
Revtex, 5 pages with 4 eps figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.65.233403
Self assembly on suitably chosen substrates is a well exploited root to control the structure and morphology, hence magnetization, of metal films. In particular, the Cu3Au(001) surface has been recently singled out as a good template to grow high spin Fe phases, due to the close matching between the Cu3Au lattice constant (3.75 Angstrom) and the equilibrium lattice constant for fcc ferromagnetic Fe (3.65 Angstrom). Growth proceeds almost layer by layer at room temperature, with a small amount of Au segregation in the early stage of deposition. Islands of 1-2 nm lateral size and double layer height are formed when 1 monolayer of Fe is deposited on Cu3Au(001) at low temperature. We used the PhotoElectron Diffraction technique to investigate the atomic structure and chemical composition of these nanoislands just after the deposition at 140 K and after annealing at 400 K. We show that only bi-layer islands are formed at low temperature, without any surface segregation. After annealing, the Fe atoms are re-aggregated to form mainly tri-layer islands. Surface segregation is shown to be inhibited also after the annealing process. The implications for the film magnetic properties and the growth model are discussed.
Bisio F.
Bruno Fabre
Canepa M.
Cvetko Dean
Floreano L.
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