Local strain analysis of the herringbone reconstruction of Au(111) through atomistic simulations

H. Bulou and C. Goyhenex
Phys. Rev. B 65, 045407 – Published 2 January 2002
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Abstract

In this paper, the concept of local surface mismatch is introduced and calculated in the framework of the tight-binding second moment approximation. Within this concept, the local surface lattice parameter is calculated, taking into account the bonds of the surface atoms with the bulk ones. It is shown that the local surface lattice parameter depends on the relative range of the repulsive part of the potential with respect to the attractive one: the smaller this latter is, the greater the local surface lattice mismatch is. An illustration of the consequences of this concept is given in the case of the herringbone reconstruction of Au(111). A strong dispersion of the in-plane surface nearest-neighbor distances, spreading from 2.68 Å at the kink positions to 2.86 Å in the fcc regions, is reported. A similar dispersion is observed for the hydrostatic pressures. This dispersion explains the preferential nucleation phenomena on such a reconstructed surface.

  • Received 23 July 2001

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.65.045407

©2002 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

H. Bulou* and C. Goyhenex

  • IPCMS-GSI, CNRS UMR7504, 23, Rue du Loess, F-67037 Strasbourg Cedex, France

  • *Email address: Herve.Bulou@ipcms.u-strasbg.fr

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Vol. 65, Iss. 4 — 15 January 2002

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