High Resolution Electron Energy Loss Studies of Chemisorbed Species on Aluminum and Titanium.

Abstract

This project utilized high resolution electron energy loss spectroscopy to investigate chemical processes at metal surfaces. The research during the grant period being reported has been highly successful in: a) advancing the state of the art in instrumentation, b) developing lattice dynamical techniques for calculating the vibrational properties of surfaces and demonstrating the application of these techniques to structure determination, c) exploring the application of vibrational spectroscopy to novel underlayer formation occurring as a consequence of chemisorption at Al and Ti surfaces, d) examining some of the fundamental issues related to scattering mechanisms and selection rules that govern them. Our experiments have also uncovered an interesting relationship between the surface vibrational properties and the order-disorder phase transformation of W(100).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 12, 1986
Accession Number
ADA172055

Entities

People

  • J. L. Erskine

Organizations

  • University of Texas at Austin

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Adsorption
  • Chemisorption
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Electron Energy
  • Electrons
  • Elements
  • Energy
  • High Resolution
  • Instrumentation
  • Metals
  • Phase Transformations
  • Physics
  • Scattering
  • Spectra
  • Spectroscopy
  • Vibration

Readers

  • Quantum Chemistry
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Thin Film Deposition Science.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics