Surface Dynamics of Rare Gas Crystals.
Abstract
The surface properties of rare gas crystals have been explored using a He molecular beam as the dynamical probe. Specifically, ordered monolayer, bilayer, trilayer, and bulk Ar, Kr, and Xe were grown on an Ag(111) substrate). This has allowed us to examine how the physical properties of these films evolve on a layer by layer basis. Elastic diffraction and selective adsorption experiments were used to investigate the He-surface interaction potential. Comparing the results of close-coupled calculations with the experimental data, both the laterally averaged potential and higher order terms in the energy expansion can be determined. To examine the dynamical properties of the adsorbed rare gases, angle and time resolved inelastic scattering was used. This technique made it possible to investigate the dynamics of the surface across the entire Brillouin zone. In this paper on the properties of Ar(111) multilayers are specifically examined. These data are compared to the theoretical calculations of several other groups, testing the validity of several model potentials, and the importance of various interaction terms when constructing these potentials. Originator supplied keywords include: Surface phonon spectroscopy; phonon dispersion curves; surface dynamics; thin films; inelastic single phonon scattering; physisorption interactions; gas-surface energy exchange; rare gas interaction potentials.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1985
- Accession Number
- ADA159681
Entities
People
- K. D. Gibson
- S. J. Sibener
Organizations
- University of Chicago