1985 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
X-Ray Scattering Studies: The Structure and Melting of Pb on Cu(110) Surfaces
Authors : S. Brennan, P. H. Fuoss, P. Eisenberger
Published in: The Structure of Surfaces
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Included in: Professional Book Archive
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The melting of two-dimensional structures has been the subject of considerable theoretical [65.1] and experimental [65.2] interest. One such system which several groups have studied is Pb deposited onto a Cu(110) surface, first reported by Herwion andRhead [65.3]. Mavva, Fuoss and Eiseribevgev (MFE) used Grazing Incidence X-ray Scattering (GIS) to confirm that the as-deposited monolayer exhibited a p(5 × l) structure [65.2] and determined that the initial melting temperature of the overlayer was near the bulk melting temperature of 327°C, but that the melted monolayer resolidified in an incommensurate structure which melted at 240°C. Subsequent melting of the incommensurate phase was reversible with an apparent second-order melting transition.