Layer-by-layer growth of Hg on W(110)

Authors

• Jiandi Zhang, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
• Dongqi Li, Syracuse University
• Peter A. Dowben, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

7-1-1994

Comments

Published in the Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A 12(4), Jul/Aug 1994. Copyright © 1994 American Vacuum Society. Used by permission. For free online abstracts, see http://www.avs.org/literature.jvst.b.aspx

Abstract

Using photoelectron spectroscopy, the overlayer electronic structure was observed to he modulated by the Hg growth mode for Hg adsorbed on W(110) at 200 K. The Hg layer-by-layer growth was also characterized by variations in the ratio between the Hg 5d shallow core level and W 4f photoemission intensities. This layer-by-layer growth occurs in spite of surprisingly weak electronic interactions between the adatoms and the substrate.