Multiple site coincidences and their resolution in photoelectron diffraction: PF3 adsorbed on Ni(111)

R. Dippel, K. U. Weiss, K. M. Schindler, D. P. Woodruff, P. Gardner, V. Fritzsche, A. M. Bradshaw, M. C. Asensio

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    Abstract

    Using scanned energy mode photoelectron diffraction from the P 2p emission of PF3 on Ni(111) the adsorption structure has been determined; PF3 occupies an atop site with a PNi nearest neighbour distance of 2.07 ± 0.03 A ̊. Using the normal emission data alone, comparison of theory and experiment with reliability factors shows a succession of minima as a function of the PNi distance. These multiple "site" coincidences are very similar to those seen in LEED analyses. The ambiguity is removed not only by the depth of these minima, but more importantly by using selected off-normal emission data sensitive to other scattering path-lengths which also show successive minima, but with a different spatial periodicity. © 1993.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)465-470
    Number of pages5
    JournalSurface Science
    Volume287-288
    Issue number1
    Publication statusPublished - 10 May 1993

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