Structure of the monoclinic Al13Fe4(010) complex metallic alloy surface determined by low-energy electron diffraction - Inria - Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies du numérique Access content directly
Journal Articles Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics (1998-2015) Year : 2015

Structure of the monoclinic Al13Fe4(010) complex metallic alloy surface determined by low-energy electron diffraction

Abstract

Complex metallic alloys having isolated transition-metal elements in the surface layer have been reported to work well as selective hydrogenation catalysts. We report an experimental determination of the surface structure of one such compound Al13Fe4(010). The structure was determined using low-energy electron diffraction. The best-fit structure terminates in a layer similar to the puckered bulk layer but lacking some of the Al and Fe atoms. Protruding Fe atoms are located in the middle of adjacent pentagonal Al formations, connected to each other by Al " glue " atoms. The top interlayer spacing is compressed relative to the bulk with oscillating relaxations observed for subsequent layers at the surface.
Fichier principal
Vignette du fichier
PhysRevB.92.014109.pdf (1.2 Mo) Télécharger le fichier
Origin : Publisher files allowed on an open archive
Loading...

Dates and versions

hal-01218348 , version 1 (21-10-2015)

Identifiers

Cite

A. Matilainen, K. Pussi, R. D. Diehl, M. Hahne, P. Gille, et al.. Structure of the monoclinic Al13Fe4(010) complex metallic alloy surface determined by low-energy electron diffraction. Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics (1998-2015), 2015, ⟨10.1103/PhysRevB.92.014109⟩. ⟨hal-01218348⟩
155 View
501 Download

Altmetric

Share

Gmail Facebook Twitter LinkedIn More