Occupation of adsorption sites controlled by phonon entropy

Cobalt adsorbed on Ni(100) displays a reversible change in the occupation of bridge and top sites with temperature. The equilibrium is controlled by the contribution of the hindered translation modes to the free energy.

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Veröffentlicht in:Physical review letters 1993-09, Vol.71 (13), p.2078-2081
Hauptverfasser: Grossmann, A, Erley, W, Ibach, H
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Cobalt adsorbed on Ni(100) displays a reversible change in the occupation of bridge and top sites with temperature. The equilibrium is controlled by the contribution of the hindered translation modes to the free energy.
ISSN:0031-9007
1079-7114
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.71.2078