A surface X-ray diffraction study of Ni(1 1 0)c(2 × 2)-CN

B. G. Daniels, F. Schedin, O. Bikondoa, G. Thornton, R. Lindsay

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    Abstract

    Surface X-ray diffraction (SXRD) has been employed to elucidate the geometry of Ni(1 1 0)c(2 × 2)-CN. It is concluded that the CN overlayer induces an expansion of the outermost Ni layer spacing of 11 ± 2%, relative to bulk-termination. In contrast to an earlier hypothesis, however, no substantive evidence for a significant substrate reconstruction is found. These results are in accord with previously published quantitative structure determinations of this system. © 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)433-438
    Number of pages5
    JournalSurface Science
    Volume572
    Issue number2-3
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 20 Nov 2004

    Keywords

    • And reflection
    • Chemisorption
    • Cyanogen
    • Diffraction
    • Low index single crystal surfaces
    • Nickel
    • Surface relaxation and reconstruction
    • X-ray scattering

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