Self-diffusion of adatoms on Ni(100) surfaces
- Citation:
- Chang, C. M., Wei C. M., & Hafner J. (2001). Self-diffusion of adatoms on Ni(100) surfaces. Journal of Physics-Condensed Matter. 13, L321-L328., Apr, Number 17
Abstract:
Using ab initio calculations, we fmd that the calculated energy barrier for exchange diffusion of Ni adatoms on Ni(100) surfaces shows a surprisingly large dependence on the size of the surface unit cell. It decreases from 1.39 to 0.78 eV when the cell size changes from (2 x 2) to (6 x 6). This is due to the long-ranged strain field created by the transition state for atomic exchange, which needs a larger cell to relax. The hopping diffusion energy, on the other hand, shows only a very small size effect and remains approximately constant at 0.82-0.86 eV, independently of the cell size. Our results indicate that Ni diffusion on Ni(100) occurs by the exchange mechanism and this is consistent with recent experiments. Previous results obtained using (3 x 3) or (4 x 4) unit cells did not converge sufficiently well to yield correct conclusions.
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