Compositional and structural medium energy ion scattering study of the temperature mediated diffusion determination at the Co/V interface in Co/V/MgO(100)

Autor: M. Díaz, Neil D. Telling, E. Román, Paul Bailey, Lidia Martínez, M.A. Muñoz-Márquez, Yves Huttel, Andrés Redondo-Cubero, Tcq Noakes, G. van der Laan
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: Surface Science. 604:2177-2183
ISSN: 0039-6028
DOI: 10.1016/j.susc.2010.09.011
Popis: The impact of annealing at 300 °C on the elemental composition and the atomic structure of the Co/V interface in the 2.5 A Co/70 A V/MgO (100) system has been investigated by medium energy ion scattering (MEIS) using 100 keV He+ ions. By combining the experimental MEIS results with simulations we show that, while the Co/V interface is abrupt for the system kept at room temperature, annealing at 300 °C induces a strong interdiffusion leading to a Co0.5V0.5 surface bcc alloy with a high degree of disorder. Additionally, the MEIS data suggest that the surface of the annealed system is slightly rumpled by ~ 0.2 A.
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