TY - JOUR
T1 - Phase relations associated with one-dimensional shell effects in thin metal films
AU - Miller, T.
AU - Chou, M. Y.
AU - Chiang, T. C.
PY - 2009/6/11
Y1 - 2009/6/11
N2 - The physical and chemical properties of thin metal films show damped oscillations as a function of film thickness (one-dimensional shell effects). While the oscillation period, determined by subband crossings of the Fermi level, is the same for all properties, the phases can be different. Specifically, oscillations in the work function and surface energy are offset by 1/4 of a period. For Pb(111) films, this offset is ∼0.18 monolayers, a seemingly very small effect. However, aliasing caused by the discrete atomic layer structure leads to striking out-of-phase beating patterns displayed by these two quantities.
AB - The physical and chemical properties of thin metal films show damped oscillations as a function of film thickness (one-dimensional shell effects). While the oscillation period, determined by subband crossings of the Fermi level, is the same for all properties, the phases can be different. Specifically, oscillations in the work function and surface energy are offset by 1/4 of a period. For Pb(111) films, this offset is ∼0.18 monolayers, a seemingly very small effect. However, aliasing caused by the discrete atomic layer structure leads to striking out-of-phase beating patterns displayed by these two quantities.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/67249125363
U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.236803
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.236803
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:67249125363
SN - 0031-9007
VL - 102
JO - Physical Review Letters
JF - Physical Review Letters
IS - 23
M1 - 236803
ER -