准晶锑薄膜

IF 2.3 4区 化学 Q3 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY Israel Journal of Chemistry Pub Date : 2023-11-30 DOI:10.1002/ijch.202300135
Hem Raj Sharma, Peter John Nugent, Sam Coates, Ronan McGrath
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热稳定二元二十面体(i) Cd−Yb1准晶体的发现开辟了非周期材料研究的新领域。与其他主要由三种元素组成并以Al为基础的普通准晶体不同,i-Cd−Yb准晶体仅由两种元素组成,从而可以进行完整的结构测定这种材料是由毗邻胶原子的菱形三面体(RTH)团簇组成的非周期阵列构成的,这使得它的结构与al基准晶体不同,后者的构建块是Mackay和Bergman团簇。3然而,由于Cd的蒸气压很高,Cd−Yb不适合在超高真空(UHV)条件下进行表面研究。通过用Ag和In取代Cd,可以在具有高结构质量的大单晶粒中生长同结构的Ag−In−Yb准晶体,4使该相的特高压表面研究成为可能。5-9研究表明,在与RTH团簇中心相交的体面上形成了i-Ag−In−Yb的所有三个高对称面。5,8,9对具有比体准晶体更少化学复杂性的非周期结构的研究导致了新的外延结构的发现。10,11这些结构包括具有五重孪晶结构的贵金属薄膜、受量子尺寸效应影响的10魔高Bi和Ag薄膜、12-14和准周期调制多层Cu结构。15-17此外,还发现衬底的准晶结构可以传递到单一元素的薄膜上。准晶结构不仅限于单层,而且可以延伸到薄膜的几个原子层。在各种al基准晶体上观察到Bi、18、19 Sb、18 Sn、20和Pb21、22的准晶单层。Pb沉积在i-Ag−in−Yb上,Sn沉积在i-Al−Pd−Mn24上,Na沉积在i-Al−Pd−Mn.25上,形成多层准晶结构有理论预测在i-Al - Pd - Mn 26上有一层稀疏的碱金属的准晶双层结构,但这种结构尚未在实验中实现。本文用扫描隧道显微镜(STM)和x射线光电子能谱(XPS)研究了Sb薄膜在五重i-Ag−In−Yb表面的生长。选择锑来研究在i-Ag−In−Yb上伪晶生长的可能性,原因如下:Sb与Sn具有相似的原子尺寸,并且与Bi处于相同的周期族,具有相似的电子构型,并且之前这三个元素Sn, 20bi,18, 19和Sb18在al基准晶体上成功地生长在准晶单层中。另一种元素Pb,在元素周期表中紧邻Bi,与Sn在同一列,也在al基准晶体21,22上形成准晶单层,在i-Ag−in−Yb.23上形成准晶多层这四种元素的表面自由能都很低。选择Sb的另一个动机是考虑到Sb与衬底In之间的共价键可能在衬底中诱导准晶结构。
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Quasicrystalline Antimony Thin Films

Introduction

The discovery of the thermally stable binary icosahedral (i) Cd−Yb1 quasicrystal opened up a new area of research in the field of aperiodic materials. Unlike other common quasicrystals, which largely consist of three elements and are based on Al, the i-Cd−Yb quasicrystal is composed of only two elements, allowing for a complete structural determination to be made.2 This material is constructed from an aperiodic array of Rhombic Triacontrahedral (RTH) clusters with adjoining glue atoms, which gives it a different structure than the Al-based quasicrystals, whose building blocks are Mackay and Bergman clusters.3

However, Cd−Yb is not suitable for surface studies under ultra-high vacuum (UHV) conditions due to the high vapor pressure of Cd. By replacing Cd with Ag and In, it has been possible to grow the isostructural Ag−In−Yb quasicrystal in a large single grain with high structural quality,4 enabling UHV surface studies of this phase.5-9 It has been shown that all three high symmetry surfaces of i-Ag−In−Yb form at bulk planes that intersect the RTH cluster centers.5, 8, 9

The search for aperiodic structures that possess less chemical complexity than the bulk quasicrystals has led to the discovery of novel epitaxial structures.10, 11 These structures include noble metal films with fivefold-twinned structure,10 magic height Bi and Ag films influenced by quantum size effects,12-14 and quasiperiodically modulated multilayer Cu structures.15-17 Furthermore, it has been found that the quasicrystalline structure of the substrate can be transmitted to a film of a single element. The quasicrystalline structure is not only limited to a monolayer but may extend up to a few atomic layers of the film. The observed quasicrystalline monolayers include Bi,18, 19 Sb,18 Sn,20 and Pb21, 22 on various Al-based quasicrystals. A multilayer quasicrystalline structure has been observed in Pb deposited on i-Ag−In−Yb,23 Sn deposited on i-Al−Pd−Mn24 and Na on i-Al−Pd−Mn.25 There has been a theoretical prediction of a quasicrystalline bilayer with a sparse second layer of alkaline metals on i-Al−Pd−Mn,26 but such a structure has not been experimentally realized.

In this paper we present scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) studies of Sb thin film growth on the fivefold i-Ag−In−Yb surface. Antimony was chosen to examine the possibility of pseudomorphic growth on i-Ag−In−Yb because of the following reasons: Sb has a similar atomic size to Sn and is also in the same periodic group as Bi, possessing a similar electronic configuration, and previously these three elements Sn,20 Bi,18, 19 and Sb18 were successfully grown in a quasicrystalline monolayer on the Al-based quasicrystals. Another element Pb, which is next to Bi and in the same column as Sn in the periodic table, also yields a quasicrystalline monolayer on the Al-based quasicrystal21, 22 and a quasicrystalline multilayer on i-Ag−In−Yb.23 All these four elements have low surface free energy. The choice of Sb was also motivated by a consideration that the covalent bonding between Sb and the substrate In may induce a quasicrystalline structure in the adlayer.

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Israel Journal of Chemistry
Israel Journal of Chemistry 化学-化学综合
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期刊介绍: The fledgling State of Israel began to publish its scientific activity in 1951 under the general heading of Bulletin of the Research Council of Israel, which quickly split into sections to accommodate various fields in the growing academic community. In 1963, the Bulletin ceased publication and independent journals were born, with Section A becoming the new Israel Journal of Chemistry. The Israel Journal of Chemistry is the official journal of the Israel Chemical Society. Effective from Volume 50 (2010) it is published by Wiley-VCH. The Israel Journal of Chemistry is an international and peer-reviewed publication forum for Special Issues on timely research topics in all fields of chemistry: from biochemistry through organic and inorganic chemistry to polymer, physical and theoretical chemistry, including all interdisciplinary topics. Each topical issue is edited by one or several Guest Editors and primarily contains invited Review articles. Communications and Full Papers may be published occasionally, if they fit with the quality standards of the journal. The publication language is English and the journal is published twelve times a year.
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