Title
Long jumps contribution to the adatom diffusion process near the step edge: The case of Ag/Cu(110)
Abbreviated Journal Title
Phys. Status Solidi B-Basic Solid State Phys.
Keywords
adatom; embedded-atom method; molecular dynamic simulation; silver; surface diffusion; SURFACE SELF-DIFFUSION; HOMOEPITAXIAL GROWTH; CU SURFACES; CU(100); ATOMS; AG; NANOPARTICLES; SIMULATION; DYNAMICS; CLUSTERS; Physics, Condensed Matter
Abstract
In this work, the diffusion of a single Ag adatom on a low-index Cu surface (110) in the presence of a step edge is studied using the embedded-atom method (EAM). Molecular static simulation is carried out in order to calculate the activation energy of different diffusion processes. Our findings are in a good agreement with results existing in the literature indicating that adatom diffusion via jump process is more favored than the other mechanisms. The activation energy corresponding to diffusing via hopping is found to be 0.25eV (at 0K). On the other hand, the activation barrier calculated by molecular dynamics (MD) simulation for a large range of temperature (310-500K) is found to be around 0.25eV for both upper and lower position leading to a good agreement between static and dynamic calculations. The prefactor for Ag adatom self-diffusion via hopping on Cu(110) surface near the step edge is examined. The results show that the prefactors are 2.7 and 3.6x10(4)cm(2)s(-1) for the upper and lower position, respectively. This is in line with the value of 10(-3)cm(2)s(-1) that is generally adopted. We also found that long jumps occur frequently in this system and their contribution cannot be neglected.
Journal Title
Physica Status Solidi B-Basic Solid State Physics
Volume
251
Issue/Number
4
Publication Date
1-1-2014
Document Type
Article
Language
English
First Page
838
Last Page
844
WOS Identifier
ISSN
0370-1972
Recommended Citation
"Long jumps contribution to the adatom diffusion process near the step edge: The case of Ag/Cu(110)" (2014). Faculty Bibliography 2010s. 6052.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2010/6052
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