Surface structure from angle-resolved secondary-ion mass spectrometry: Oxygen on Cu(001)

S. P. Holland, B. J. Garrison, Nicholas Winograd

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Abstract

Measured angular distributions for O- and Cu+ ejected by 1500-eV Ar+-ion bombardment of chemisorbed oxygen on Cu(001) exhibit anisotropies which vary by greater than a factor of 2. Molecular-dynamics calculations of the ion-impact event agree well with experiment if the oxygen atom is placed in a fourfold coordination site 1.2-1.5 a above the Cu(001) plane. Angle-resolved secondary-ion mass spectrometry is proposed as a powerful new method for the determination of adsorbate positions.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)220-223
Number of pages4
JournalPhysical review letters
Volume43
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 1979

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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