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O: Oberflächenphysik
O 33: Epitaxie und Wachstum (II)
O 33.5: Talk
Thursday, March 14, 2002, 16:30–16:45, H44
Simultaneous Measurement of Stress and Structure in a Ni Monolayer on W(110) — •Dirk Sander1, Holger L. Meyerheim1, Radian Popescu1, Sang-Hyun Kim1, Jürgen Kirschner1, Paul Steadman2, Odile Robach3, and Salvador Ferrer3 — 1MPI f. Mikrostrukturphysik, Weinberg 2, D-06120 Halle — 2Stoner Laboratory, University of Leeds, UK — 3ESRF, B.P. 220, F-38074 Grenoble, France
Stress and structure of a Ni monolayer on W(110) were
investigated simultaneously in situ during growth by
the crystal bending technique and by surface x-ray diffraction,
respectively. A direct correlation between changes of surface
stress and different Ni surface structures is found. In an
extension of our previous work by curvature, LEED, and STM
measurements of Ni on W(110)[1], this combined stress and X-ray
study does not only confirm the intimate relation between
structural changes in the Ni layer along the W[001] direction
and the resulting film stress,
but it also offers new insight into the atomic structure of
the Ni monolayer and the W atoms underneath. A quantitative
analysis of the X-ray data of the 1x7 coincidence structure at
a coverage near the completion of the first layer indicates also
a significant distortion of both Ni and W atomic positions along
the in-plane W[110] direction. This might be due to a Ni-induced
softening of the W substrate surface, which is discussed in the
context of strain relief mechanisms.
D. Sander, C. Schmidthals, A. Enders, and J. Kirschner, Phys. Rev. B57,
1406 (1998)