Abstract
Molecular-dynamics simulations with a corrected-effective-medium potential have been applied to study the kinetics of intermixing in Au/Ag(110) heteroepitaxy. Significant intermixing of Au and Ag at the interface has been observed at room temperature. A variety of interesting kinetic mechanisms have been revealed. Our study demonstrates that the kinetics of intermixing have a complex dependence on the local geometry of the Ag substrate, Au-Au interactions, and a long-range coupling of adatom motions via adsorbate-induced relaxation of the surface atoms.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1957-1960 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Physical Review B |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1995 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Condensed Matter Physics