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Diffusion of Large Two-Dimensional Ag Clusters on Ag(100)
Physical Review Letters
  • J.-M. Wen, Iowa State University
  • S.-L. Chang, Iowa State University
  • Joseph W. Burnett, Iowa State University
  • James W. Evans, Iowa State University
  • Patricia A. Thiel, Iowa State University
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-7-1994
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevLett.73.2591
Abstract

Scanning tunneling microscopy shows that large two-dimensional Ag clusters on Ag(100) can diffuse. The value of the diffusion coefficient at room temperature is of order 10-17 cm2s-1 and varies little, if at all, with cluster size in the range studied, 100 to 720 atoms per cluster. This weak variation rules out periphery diffusion as the main mechanism of cluster diffusion, suggesting instead two-dimensional evaporation-condensation. This conclusion is compatible with the energetics of atomic-scale events within the cluster and with the dissolution of small clusters observed at low coverages.

Comments

This article is from Physical Review Letters 73, no. 19 (1994): 2591–2594, doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.73.2591.

Copyright Owner
American Physical Society
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Citation Information
J.-M. Wen, S.-L. Chang, Joseph W. Burnett, James W. Evans, et al.. "Diffusion of Large Two-Dimensional Ag Clusters on Ag(100)" Physical Review Letters Vol. 73 Iss. 19 (1994) p. 2591 - 2594
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/patricia_thiel/85/