Bussmann E, Sun J, Pohl K, Kellogg GL. Palladium diffusion into bulk copper via the (100) surface.
JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2009;
21:314016. [PMID:
21828577 DOI:
10.1088/0953-8984/21/31/314016]
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Abstract
Using low-energy electron microscopy, we measure the diffusion of Pd into bulk Cu at the Cu(100) surface. Interdiffusion is tracked by measuring the dissolution of the Cu(100)-c(2 × 2)-Pd surface alloy during annealing (T>240 °C). The activation barrier for Pd diffusion from the surface alloy into the bulk is determined to be (1.8 ± 0.6) eV. During annealing, we observe the growth of a new layer of Cu near step edges. Under this new Cu layer, dilute Pd remaining near the surface develops a layered structure similar to the Cu(3)Pd L 1(2) bulk alloy phase.
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