Title

Phonon density of states of self-assembled isolated Fe-rich Fe-Pt alloy nanoclusters

Authors

Authors

B. R. Cuenya; J. R. Croy; L. K. Ono; A. Naitabdi; H. Heinrich; W. Keune; J. Zhao; W. Sturhahn; E. E. Alp;M. Hu

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Phys. Rev. B

Keywords

NUCLEAR RESONANT SCATTERING; SYNCHROTRON-RADIATION; MOLECULAR-DYNAMICS; PHASE-TRANSITIONS; INVAR-ALLOYS; NANOPARTICLES; SEGREGATION; FE3PT; IRON; 1ST-PRINCIPLES; Physics, Condensed Matter

Abstract

The Fe-projected phonon density of states (PDOS) of monolayer-thick films of self-assembled, size-selected, isolated (57)Fe(1-x)Pt(x) alloy nanoclusters (NCs) (height: similar to 2 nm, diameter: similar to 8 nm) supported on flat SiO(2)/Si(111) substrates has been measured by nuclear resonant inelastic x-ray scattering. The samples were characterized by atomic force microscopy (AFM), transmission electron microscopy, and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). Surface segregation of Pt and PtSi formation at the NC surface due to the sample-preparation process is inferred from the XPS data. As compared to the bulk, pronounced modifications of the PDOS beyond the bulk cut-off energy are observed in bcc (57)Fe(0.8)Pt(0.2) (core)/PtSi(shell) NCs. By contrast, the PDOS of fcc (57)Fe(0.75)Pt(0.25) (core)/PtSi(shell) NCs retains features of bulk ordered Fe(3)Pt Invar alloys (presumably due to a thicker PtSi shell), in particular, the transverse-acoustic [110]TA(1) mode near 9 meV. Apparently, this mode is not affected by size effects. The existence of the [110]TA(1) phonon mode is a prerequisite for the persistence of Invar-related effects in Fe(3)Pt NCs. Important thermodynamic properties of the NCs are derived, such as the vibrational entropy per atom.

Journal Title

Physical Review B

Volume

80

Issue/Number

12

Publication Date

1-1-2009

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

7

WOS Identifier

WOS:000270383300113

ISSN

1098-0121

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