Monitoring preparation and phase transitions of carburized W(110) by reflectance difference spectroscopy

Autor: Magdalena Bachmann, Peter Zeppenfeld, Mariella Denk, Erminald Bertel, Norbert Memmel, Michael Hohage
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Applied Surface Science
ISSN: 0169-4332
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2012.06.089
Popis: Highlights ► Real-time in situ monitoring of W(1 1 0) surface cleaning. ► Real-time in situ monitoring of carburazation kinetics on W(1 1 0) by RDS. ► Phase transformation R(15 × 3)-C/W(1 1 0)–R(15 × 12)-C/W(1 1 0) studied by RDS, AES and LEED.
Reflectance difference spectroscopy (RDS) is applied to follow in situ the preparation of clean and carburized W(1 1 0) surfaces and to study the temperature-induced transition between the R(15 × 3) and R(15 × 12) carbon/tungsten surface phases. RDS data for this transition are compared to data obtained from Auger-electron spectroscopy and low-energy electron diffraction. All techniques reveal that this transition, occurring around 1870 K, is reversible with a small hysteresis, indicating a first-order-like behaviour. The present results also prove a high surface sensitivity of RDS, which is attributed to the excitation of electronic p-like surface resonances of W(1 1 0).
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