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Phase Reeationships for Adsoreed Layers on Surfaces
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 February 2011
Abstract
Ordering phenomena of adsorbed atoms that are commensurate with the substrate structure can be described by a two-dimensional lattice gas. The major features of temperature-coverage phase diagrams for commensurate overlayers are reviewed and illustrated with several experimental examples. For overlayers with net attractive interactions, a two-phase region consisting of ordered overlayer and nearly empty substrate surface forms at low coverage. Substrate extended defects such as steps can create diffusion barriers, thus forming thermodynamic subsystems by eliminating communication between adsorbed atoms on either side of the steps. Steps can also prevent the growth of a reconstructed layer. Experimental examples are presented.
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