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Part 1: Surfaces Physics Dr. T. Dobbins MSE 505 Surface and Surface Analysis Lecture Series Reference Materials: 1. Kittel C., Introduction to Solid State Physics Wiley & Sons (NY) 1996. 2. Tester J.W., Thermodynamics and Its Applications Prentice Hall (NJ) 1997. 3. West A.R., Solid State Chemistry and Its Applications Wiley & Sons (NY) 1984. 4. Venables J., Introduction to Surface and Thin Film Processes Cambridge University Press (UK) 2000. 5. Website sponsored by the UK Surface Analysis Forum (USAF) http://www.siu.edu/~cafs/surface (written by D.T. Marx at Southern Illinois University) Assumed understanding of Quantum Mechanics, Crystallography, and Thermodynamics.

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Par

t 1:

Sur

face

s P

hysi

csD

r. T

. Dob

bins

MS

E 5

05 S

urfa

ce a

nd S

urfa

ce A

naly

sis

Lect

ure

Ser

ies

Ref

eren

ce M

ater

ials

:1.

Kit

telC

., In

tro

du

ctio

n t

o S

olid

Sta

te P

hys

ics

Wile

y &

So

ns

(NY

) 19

96.

2.T

este

r J.

W.,

Th

erm

od

ynam

ics

and

Its

Ap

plic

atio

ns

Pre

ntic

e H

all (

NJ)

199

7.3.

Wes

t A

.R.,

So

lid S

tate

Ch

emis

try

and

Its

Ap

plic

atio

ns

Wile

y &

So

ns

(NY

) 19

84.

4.V

enab

les

J., I

ntr

od

uct

ion

to

Su

rfac

e an

d T

hin

Film

Pro

cess

esC

amb

rid

ge

Un

iver

sity

Pre

ss (

UK

) 20

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te s

po

nso

red

by

the

UK

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rfac

e A

nal

ysis

Fo

rum

(U

SA

F)

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urf

ace

(wri

tten

by

D.T

. Mar

x at

So

uth

ern

Illin

ois

U

niv

ersi

ty)

Ass

um

ed u

nd

erst

and

ing

of

Qu

antu

m M

ech

anic

s, C

ryst

allo

gra

ph

y, a

nd

Th

erm

od

ynam

ics.

Lec

ture

To

pic

s (P

art

1)--

-

Wh

at a

re s

om

e o

f th

e P

rop

erti

es o

f su

rfac

es?

The

sur

face

pro

pert

ies

we

will

con

side

r in

clud

e at

omic

den

sity

, sur

face

tens

ion,

an

d su

rfac

e en

ergy

.

Wh

at is

a S

urf

ace?

A

sur

face

is lo

cust

of p

oint

s w

hich

cla

ssify

the

boun

dary

bet

wee

n an

ob

ject

and

its

surr

ound

ings

.

Wh

y ar

e su

rfac

e at

om

s im

po

rtan

t?P

rope

rtie

s ar

e ty

pica

lly b

ased

upo

n bu

lk (

inte

rnal

) m

easu

rem

ents

. W

e ty

pica

lly a

re c

once

rned

with

sol

ids

havi

ng d

ensi

ties

of 1

023

atom

s/cm

3 . M

ost o

f tho

se a

tom

s ar

e w

ithin

the

solid

. H

owev

er,

surf

aces

bec

ome

impo

rtan

t whe

n w

e m

ove

into

nan

osci

ence

---

whe

re

man

y m

ore

of th

ose

atom

s ar

e su

rfac

e at

oms.

Or

whe

n ph

enom

ena

of in

tere

st o

nly

occu

rs a

t the

sur

face

.

Ho

w a

re S

urf

aces

Cla

ssif

ied

?

Sur

face

s ar

e cl

assi

fied

by th

e sp

acin

g be

twee

n su

rfac

e at

oms

and

the

# of

bon

ds e

ach

surf

ace

atom

form

s w

ith e

ither

oth

er s

urfa

ce a

tom

s or

ato

ms

in th

e bu

lk.

Wh

at a

re t

he

bro

ad c

ateg

ori

es o

f su

rfac

e re

acti

on

s w

e w

ill c

on

sid

er?

The

sur

face

rea

ctio

ns w

e w

ill c

onsi

der

are

subl

imat

ion

(rel

ease

of a

tom

s fr

om a

so

lid s

urfa

ce),

ads

orpt

ion

(upt

ake

of a

tom

s on

to a

sol

id s

urfa

ce),

epi

taxi

algr

owth

.

Lec

ture

To

pic

s (P

art

2)--

-W

hat

are

th

e cl

assi

fica

tio

ns

of

Su

rfac

e C

har

acte

riza

tio

n?

S

urfa

ces

may

be

char

acte

rized

with

res

pect

to th

eir

topo

grap

hy (

i.e. r

ough

ness

), c

hem

istr

y,

surf

ace

orie

ntat

ion,

and

thic

knes

s of

che

mic

ally

hom

ogen

eous

reg

ions

at t

he s

urfa

ce.

Wh

ich

Su

rfac

e C

har

acte

riza

tio

n T

ech

niq

ues

will

we

lear

n a

bo

ut

in t

his

lect

ure

?•

X-r

ay a

nd N

eutr

on R

efle

ctiv

ity•

X-r

ay P

hoto

elec

tron

Spe

ctro

scop

y•

Sec

onda

ry Io

n M

ass

Spe

ctro

met

ry•

Sca

nnin

g A

uger

Mic

rosc

opy

Wh

at a

re s

om

e o

ther

Su

rfac

e C

har

acte

riza

tio

n T

ech

niq

ues

of

pra

ctic

al im

po

rtan

ce in

res

earc

h?

•A

tom

ic F

orce

Spe

ctro

scop

y•

Sca

nnin

g T

unne

ling

Mic

rosc

opy

•N

ear-

IR S

pect

rosc

opy

Wh

at is

a S

urf

ace?

(110

) S

urfa

ce o

f GaA

s. S

urfa

ce a

tom

s (b

lue)

are

‘re

laxe

d’ (

i.e. n

ot c

onst

rain

ed in

3D

).

Sur

face

s ar

e de

fined

by

‘rela

xed’

ato

ms

(i.e.

not

con

stra

ined

in3D

as

thei

r in

tern

al c

ount

erpa

rts

are)

. D

angl

ing

bond

s fr

om th

ese

surf

ace

atom

s ar

e fr

ee to

rea

ct.

Rel

axat

ion

and

reco

nstr

uctio

n ar

e st

rong

ly in

fluen

ced

by th

e bo

ndin

g ty

pe in

the

bulk

mat

eria

l (i.e

. met

allic

, cov

alen

t, io

nic,

and

van

der

waa

ls)

Rel

axat

ion

of s

urfa

ce a

tom

s le

ads

to r

econ

stru

ctio

n (r

earr

ange

men

t of

atom

s ne

ar th

e su

rfac

e).

Wh

at is

a S

urf

ace?

---

Rev

iew

of

Mill

er In

dic

es in

Cry

stal

log

rap

hy

Mill

er In

dice

s ar

e us

ed to

iden

tify

the

surf

ace

term

inat

ing.

If it

is s

tate

d th

at th

e su

rfac

e is

a S

i(100

), th

at in

dica

tes

that

we

are

exam

inin

g a

surf

ace

whi

ch h

as 1

sur

face

ato

ms

spac

ed

at

.

Sili

con

Cry

stal

Str

uctu

re

•(1

00)

is t

he

set

of

pla

nes

(h

kl)

wh

ich

in

ters

ect

the

crys

tal a

t (1

/1, 1

/0, 1

/0)

or

(1,

,

)

∞∞

Ο

yx

z

a22

Th

is p

lan

e h

as

4(1/

8)+1

(1/2

) =

1 A

tom

Act

ivit

y--

-U

sin

g M

iller

Ind

ices

to

Def

ine

Ter

min

atin

g S

urf

ace

•W

hat i

s th

e nu

mbe

r of

ato

ms

and

atom

ic

spac

ing

for

a su

rfac

e te

rmin

atin

g at

the

(110

) pl

ane

of a

fcc

crys

tal?

HIN

T:

Rec

all (

100)

is t

he

set

of

pla

nes

(h

kl)

wh

ich

in

ters

ect

the

crys

tal a

t (1

/1, 1

/0, 1

/0)

or

(1,

,

)

∞∞

yx

z

FC

C C

ryst

al S

truc

ture

Ο∞

Act

ivit

y--

-U

sin

g M

iller

Ind

ices

to

Def

ine

Ter

min

atin

g S

urf

ace

•W

hat i

s th

e nu

mbe

r of

ato

ms

and

atom

ic

spac

ing

for

a su

rfac

e te

rmin

atin

g at

the

(110

) pl

ane

of a

fcc

crys

tal?

yx

z

FC

C C

ryst

al S

truc

ture

Ο

An

s:R

ecal

l (11

0) is

th

e se

t o

f p

lan

es (

hkl

) w

hic

h

inte

rsec

t th

e cr

ysta

l at

(1/1

, 1/1

, 1/0

) o

r (1

, 1 ,

)∞

Th

is p

lan

e h

as

4(1/

8)+2

(1/2

) =

1.5

Ato

ms

Ato

ms

are

spac

ed a

t:

a22

Wh

at is

a S

urf

ace?

Sur

face

ato

ms

(blu

e) u

nder

go r

elax

atio

n fo

llow

ed b

y re

cons

truc

tion.

(a)

rel

axat

ion

–lo

ss in

per

iodi

c or

der

in c

dire

ctio

n. (

b) r

econ

truc

tion

1 –

clas

sifie

d by

ch

ange

in a

tom

ic s

paci

ng in

a d

irect

ion.

(c)

re

cons

truc

tion

2 –

clas

sifie

d by

mis

sing

row

of a

tom

s.

Wh

at is

a S

urf

ace?

Sur

face

ato

ms

real

ize

a lo

ss in

cry

stal

line

orde

r. T

hese

ato

ms

take

on

a ‘p

seud

o’ r

ando

m c

onfig

urat

ion.

Suc

h a

nonc

ryst

allin

est

ruct

ure

is k

now

n as

‘am

orp

ho

us’

.

Vap

or

Ph

ase

Su

rfac

e A

tom

s

Cry

stal

line

So

lid

Ato

ms

Imag

es t

aken

fro

m w

ebsi

te –

Vis

ual

izat

ion

of

(210

) an

d (

310)

Gra

in B

ou

nd

arie

s:

htt

p:/

/ww

w.s

v.vt

.ed

u/c

lass

es/E

SM

4714

/Stu

den

t_P

roj/c

lass

95/m

uta

sa/m

uta

sa.h

tml

Wh

at is

a S

urf

ace?

---

Gra

in B

ou

nd

ary

(su

rfac

e b

etw

een

tw

o is

om

orp

ho

us

solid

s)

Sur

face

Ato

ms

typi

cally

hav

e a

stru

ctur

e in

term

edia

te b

etw

een

the

two

term

inal

ph

ases

with

the

exce

ptio

n of

not

ed s

olid

-sol

id s

urfa

ces

–ca

lled

grai

n bo

unda

ries

Cry

stal

lite

1

Cry

stal

lite

2

Gra

in

Bo

un

dar

yR

egio

n

Cry

stal

lite

2

Gra

in

Bo

un

dar

yR

egio

n

Cry

stal

lite

1

Wh

at is

a S

urf

ace?

Sur

face

s ex

ist b

etw

een

two

phas

es.

The

pha

ses

may

be

:•

two

solid

s•

a so

lid a

nd a

vap

or•

a liq

uid

and

a va

por

•a

solid

and

a li

quid

In a

ll ca

ses,

ther

e is

a fi

nite

leng

th o

f reg

ion

for

whi

ch th

e at

omic

pa

ckin

g/st

ruct

ure

unde

rgoe

s ch

ange

s. T

he a

tom

s in

this

reg

ion

are

the

‘sur

face

ato

ms’

.

Ofte

n th

e su

rfac

e at

oms

have

a s

truc

ture

inte

rmed

iate

bet

wee

n th

e tw

o te

rmin

al p

hase

s (w

ith o

ne n

oted

exc

eptio

n: s

olid

-sol

id s

urfa

ce/in

terf

ace)

Cry

stal

line

So

lidC

hara

cter

ized

by

Long

-ran

ge O

rder

Am

orp

ho

us

So

lidC

hara

cter

ized

by

Sho

rt-r

ange

Ord

er

Liq

uid

Cha

ract

eriz

ed b

y S

hort

-ran

ge O

rder

and

rigor

ous

atom

ic v

ibra

tion

Vap

or

Cha

ract

eriz

ed b

y N

o O

rder

Su

rfac

e T

her

mo

dyn

amic

s--

-T

reat

men

t o

f Q

uan

tita

tive

Su

rfac

e P

aram

eter

s

The

rmod

ynam

ics

is th

e fie

ld o

f sci

ence

whi

ch d

eals

with

the

mot

ion

of a

tom

s un

der

the

influ

ence

of t

herm

al d

rivin

g fo

rces

.

The

rmod

ynam

ic P

oten

tials

(i.e

. Int

erna

l Ene

rgy

(U),

Hel

mho

ltzF

ree

Ene

rgy

(F),

and

Gib

bs F

ree

Ene

rgy

(G))

hav

e ad

ditio

nal c

ontr

ibut

ion

due

to s

urfa

ce a

tom

s.

Con

trib

utio

n du

e to

bul

k at

oms:

dFbu

lk=

-S

dT–

PdV

+µd

N=

0 a

t con

stan

t T, V

, and

N.

Tot

al F

ree

Ene

rgy

cont

ains

add

ition

al c

ontr

ibut

ion

due

surf

ace

atom

s:dF

Tot

al=

dFbu

lk+

f sdA

dFT

otal

= f s

dAat

con

stan

t T, V

, and

N.

dFT

otal

= µ

dN+

f sdA

at c

onst

ant T

and

V.

f sis

the

surf

ace

exce

ss fr

ee e

nerg

y

Su

rfac

e T

her

mo

dyn

amic

s--

-S

urf

ace

Ten

sio

n a

nd

Su

rfac

e E

ner

gy

Su

rfac

e T

ensi

on

, γ,i

s th

e re

vers

ible

wor

k do

ne (

dW)

in c

reat

ing

a un

it ar

ea o

f new

sur

face

(dA

).

γ=

dW

/dA

= (

dFto

tal/d

A) T

,V

γdA

= µ

dN+

f sdA

whe

re µ

is th

e ch

emic

al p

oten

tial o

f the

ato

ms

and

N is

the

num

ber

of a

tom

s in

the

syst

em

Sin

ce

d

FT

otal

= µ

dN+

f sdA

at c

onst

ant T

and

V.

Rew

ritin

g γ

= -

µΓ+

f sat

con

stan

t T a

nd V

.w

here

Γ=

-dN

/dA

(and

dN

alw

ays

nega

tive

(-))

Co

ncl

usi

on

:A

dditi

on o

f ato

ms/

mol

ecul

es to

the

surf

ace

(incr

easi

ng N

---t

hat i

s, N

goe

s to

hi

gher

neg

ativ

e va

lue)

reg

ion

will

dec

reas

e th

e su

rfac

e te

nsio

n (γ

) vi

a in

crea

se in

Γ (Γ

is

prop

ortio

nal t

o –d

N).

Exa

mp

le 1

:A

soa

p fil

m lo

wer

s th

e su

rfac

e te

nsio

n of

wat

er b

ecau

se th

e so

apm

oele

cule

sfo

rm m

onol

ayer

sat

the

wat

er s

urfa

ce w

ith th

eir

‘hyd

roph

obic

’ end

s po

intin

g ou

tint

o th

e ga

seou

s re

gion

s.

Su

rfac

e T

her

mo

dyn

amic

s--

-S

urf

ace

Ten

sio

n a

nd

Su

rfac

e E

ner

gy

Exa

mp

le 2

:S

urf

acta

nt

(pol

ymer

mol

ecul

e w

ith h

ydro

ph

ob

icen

d gr

oup

and

hyd

rop

hili

cen

d gr

oup

is a

dded

to n

anop

artic

ulat

esu

spen

sion

s in

ord

er to

de

crea

se th

e dr

ivin

g fo

rce

for

part

icle

agg

lom

erat

ion.

γ=

µΓ+

f sw

here

Γ=

-dN

/dA

Hav

ing

Hig

h S

urfa

ce

Ene

rgy,

γ, n

anop

artic

les

will

Agg

rega

te to

red

uce

thei

r su

rfac

e ar

ea (

A)

Add

ition

of S

urf

acta

nt

to

nano

part

icul

ate

surf

aces

will

in

crea

se N

, thu

s de

crea

sing

sur

face

en

ergy

, γ.

No

need

for

aggr

egat

ion

to o

ccur

.

02

46

8

2468

0

45

90

135

180

225

270

315

Su

rfac

e T

her

mo

dyn

amic

s--

-W

ulf

fT

heo

rem

an

d S

urf

ace

En

erg

y

Wu

lff

Th

eore

mte

lls u

s th

at th

e eq

uilib

rium

cry

stal

lite

shap

e ha

s su

rfac

e pl

anes

of

min

imum

sur

face

ene

rgy,

γ,

Usi

ngW

ulf

fC

on

stru

ctio

n, w

e ca

n de

term

ine

the

equi

libriu

m s

hape

of c

ryst

allit

es

give

n on

ly γ

(hkl

) (i.

e. s

urfa

ce e

nerg

y fo

r gi

ven

(hkl

) m

iller

indi

ces.

Ste

ps:

1. P

lot p

olar

dia

gram

of γ

(θ).

2. T

ake

the

inne

r en

velo

pe o

f thi

s di

agra

m to

get

equ

ilibr

umsh

ape.

Wul

ffth

eore

m a

pplie

s to

InG

aAs

quan

tum

dot

str

uctu

res

---

whe

re w

e m

ay h

ave

pyra

mid

al s

hape

s gr

own

from

the

vapo

r ph

ase.

Exa

mpl

es

02

46

810

246810

0

45

90

135

180

225

270

315

02

46

810

246810

0

45

90

135

180

225

270

315

Iso

tro

pic

Su

rfac

e E

ner

gy

An

iso

tro

pic

Su

rfac

e E

ner

gy

Ter

race

•S

urfa

ce h

avin

g cr

ysta

lline

ord

er

Led

ge

•S

teps

form

ed a

t th

e bo

rder

of

terr

aces

Kin

k•

Def

ect f

orm

ed a

t th

e en

d of

ledg

es

Ad

ato

m•

Sin

gle

Ato

m

sitti

ng o

n a

terr

ace

or le

dge

surf

ace

Cla

ssif

icat

ion

of

Su

rfac

es b

y th

eir

Def

ects

(o

r Im

per

fect

ion

s)--

-Ter

race

, Led

ges

, Kin

ks a

nd

Ad

ato

ms

Su

rfac

e D

efec

ts (

or

Imp

erfe

ctio

ns)

---T

erra

ce, L

edg

es, K

inks

an

d A

dat

om

s

Ter

race

•T

erra

ce a

tom

has

5ne

ares

t nei

ghbo

rs

Led

ge

•Le

dge

atom

has

4ne

ares

t nei

ghbo

rs

Kin

k•

Kin

k at

om h

as 3

near

erst

neig

hbor

sA

dat

om

•Le

dge

adat

omha

s 2

near

est n

eigh

bor

•T

erra

ce a

dato

mha

s 1

near

est n

eigh

bor

Th

erm

od

ynam

ics

of

Su

rfac

e D

efec

ts

---T

erra

ce, L

edg

es, K

inks

an

d A

dat

om

s

Bin

ding

Ene

rgy

for

Ato

ms

at V

ario

us S

ites

Gib

bs F

ree

Ene

rgy

Equ

atio

nfo

r at

om tr

ansi

tion

from

terr

ace

to

ledg

e po

sitio

n.

∆G=W

ledg

e–

Wte

rrac

e

Wte

rrac

e–

Ene

rgy

requ

ired

to

brea

k 4

bond

s.

Wle

dge

–E

nerg

y re

quire

d to

form

5

bond

s.

Terrace

Site

Sta

bilit

y ha

s di

rect

pro

port

iona

lity

to

bind

ing

ener

gy.

The

hig

her

the

bind

ing

ener

gy, t

he h

ighe

r th

e si

te s

tabi

lity.

Arr

heni

usE

quat

ion

repr

esen

ts th

e T

empe

ratu

re d

epen

denc

e on

# o

f at

oms

unde

rgoi

ng tr

ansi

tion

(n).

n =

Nex

p(-∆

G/k

T)

whe

re N

is th

e #

of a

tom

s av

aila

ble

to p

artic

ipat

e in

the

tran

sitio

n

Sol

id-V

apor

Inte

rfac

e at

Equ

ilibr

ium

.In

terf

acia

l Are

a, A

Inte

rfac

ial T

hick

ness

, δ

Su

rfac

e an

d t

hei

r P

rop

erti

es--

-Pre

ssu

res

and

Fo

rces

Gra

die

nt

Ph

ysic

al P

rop

erti

es(d

ensi

ty, e

tc.)

bet

wee

n so

lid a

nd v

apor

pha

se.

For

ce o

n pl

ane

bδis

F=

Pbδ

-bγ

Whe

re γ

is s

urfa

ce te

nsio

n

surf

ace

ten

sio

n, γ

,is

the

reve

rsib

le w

ork

done

in

crea

ting

a un

it ar

ea o

f new

sur

face

.

Su

rfac

es a

nd

th

eir

Pro

per

ties

---S

urf

ace

Str

ess,

γS

V

Yo

un

g M

od

el (

dev

elo

ped

fo

r L

iqu

id

Su

rfac

es)

Ten

sion

Sur

face

(an

infin

itesi

mal

ly th

in e

last

ic

mem

bran

e) o

ccur

s at

the

inte

rfac

e. T

he s

um

of fo

rces

act

ing

on th

e le

ngth

of t

he in

terf

acia

l cu

rve

are

zero

. T

his

forc

e al

ong

a un

it le

ngth

(d

l) of

the

curv

atur

e su

rfac

e is

kno

wn

as th

e su

rfac

e st

ress

γS

Vre

port

ed in

uni

ts o

f [N

/m].

T

his

surf

ace

stre

ss m

ay b

e re

duce

d b

y in

crea

sing

the

leng

th b

etw

een

bond

s on

the

surf

ace.

γ SVdl

Ten

sion

Sur

face

A

BC

D

Su

rfac

es a

nd

th

eir

Pro

per

ties

---O

ther

Co

nce

pts

Usi

ng

Su

rfac

e S

tres

s, γ

SV

γ SL

γ SV

γ LV

θ

γ SL+

γ LVco

s(θ)

=γS

V

Oth

er C

on

cep

ts u

sin

g S

urf

ace

Str

ess,

γS

V•

Neu

man

n’s

Equ

atio

n-of

-Sta

te(J

. Col

loid

In

terf

ace

Sci

.148

(199

2) 1

90).

We

may

use

the

Neu

man

n’s

empi

rical

equ

atio

n to

det

erm

ine

γ SV.

Thi

s eq

uatio

n is

val

id fo

r S

urfa

ce S

tres

ses

smal

ler

than

72m

J/m

2(o

r 0.

072N

/m).

•F

orce

Bal

ance

Equ

atio

nm

ay b

e us

ed to

de

term

ine

the

inte

rfac

ial s

tres

s be

twee

n th

e dr

ople

t and

the

surf

ace,

γS

L.

We

can

calc

ulat

e th

is u

sing

the

mea

sure

d su

rfac

e st

ress

, γS

V,

surf

ace

tens

ion

betw

een

the

liqui

d an

d va

por,

γLV

, an

d th

e dr

ople

t con

tact

ang

le, θ

, par

amet

ers

in a

fo

rce

bala

nce

equa

tion.

()

[]1

exp

2co

s2

−−

−=

SVL

VL

VSVγ

γβ

γγθ

Su

rfac

e R

eact

ion

s--

-S

ub

limat

ion

S

ub

limat

ion

reac

tions

allo

w a

tom

s to

go

dire

ctly

from

the

solid

to g

as p

hase

.T

he c

hem

ical

pot

entia

ls o

f vap

or p

hase

and

sol

id p

hase

mus

t be

equa

l : C

ondi

tion

for

subl

imat

ion.

At l

ow v

apor

pre

ssur

e,

whe

re

DeB

rogl

ieW

avel

engt

hT

hus,

the

equi

libriu

m p

ress

ure,

pe

is g

iven

by

Now

, w

e ha

ve to

sel

ect a

µs.

Usi

ng a

mod

el w

hich

ass

umes

har

mon

ic v

ibra

tions

of f

requ

ency

,ν, a

nd a

mpl

itude

equ

al to

the

latti

ce

para

met

er o

f the

sol

id, w

e ha

ve th

e fr

ee e

nerg

y of

the

atom

as

We

find

that

at a

bsol

ute

zero

, Lo

is th

e su

blim

atio

n en

ergy

!

At h

igh

tem

pera

ture

s,

and

An

Arr

heni

us-t

ype

equa

tion

Gra

phic

al d

ata

of th

e fo

rmLo

g 10(p

e)=

A-B

/T

(s

ince

the

T-1

/2va

ries

rela

tivel

y sl

owly

, it c

an b

e ig

nore

d fo

r si

mpl

icity

)T

he c

onst

ant L

o is

foun

d w

ithin

B.

The

con

stan

t νis

foun

d w

ithin

the

cons

tant

A.

sv

µµ

=

)3

p/

kTln

(kT

µ−

=2/

1 )m

kT2

/(h

πλ

=

=kT

sex

p2/

5 )kT(

2/3 )

2h/

m2(

epµ

π

>

−<

+>

<+

==

kThex

p1

lnkT3

h23

oU

sN

/F

υυ

µ

><

+−

=υh

23o

UoL

=

−kTh

lnkTh

exp

1ln

υυ

−+

=kTh

lnkT3

oLs

υµ

−=

kToL

exp

2/1 )

kT(2/

3 )2

m2(

epυ

π

QM

is o

bey

ed b

y su

blim

ed a

tom

s!!!

−=

−kT

oLex

p2/

3 )3

k

2m

2(

2/1

T epυ

π

Su

rfac

e R

eact

ion

s--

-C

ryst

al G

row

th f

rom

th

e V

apo

r P

has

e

2. A

dsor

ptio

n ra

te, R

+, i

s gi

ven

by:

R+=

p/(

2πm

kT)1

/2

1.D

iffer

ence

bet

wee

n de

posi

tion

from

vap

or a

nd s

ublim

atio

n to

vap

or is

in

the

conc

ept o

f sup

ersa

tura

tion,

S.

S=

p/p e

. T

he c

hang

e in

che

mic

al

pote

ntia

l, ∆µ

, is

give

n by

: ∆µ=

kTln

S.

•P

osi

tive

∆µ

(p>p

e) le

ads

to c

on

den

sati

on

. •

Neg

ativ

e ∆µ

(p<p

e) le

ads

to s

ub

limat

ion

.

4.D

iffus

ion

of a

dato

mac

oss

surf

ace

is g

iven

by

diffu

sivi

ty, D

: D

=(ν d

a2/4

exp

(-E

d/k

T)

3.D

esor

ptio

nra

te, R

-, is

giv

en b

y: R

-=ν a

exp

(-E

a/kT

) ν a

is fr

eque

ncy

with

whi

ch a

tom

s le

ave

the

surf

ace

5. L

ifetim

e be

fore

des

orpt

ion,

τa,

is g

iven

by:

τa

=νa−1

exp

(Ea/

kT)

Aga

in, ν

ais

freq

uenc

y w

ith w

hich

ato

ms

leav

e th

e su

rfac

e

6. C

hara

cter

istic

dis

tanc

e, x

, the

ada

tom

may

diff

use

befo

re

leav

ing

the

surf

ace:

x=(

D τ

a)1

/2

Su

rfac

e R

eact

ion

s--

-C

ryst

al G

row

th f

rom

th

e V

apo

r P

has

e

Phy

sica

l Mea

ning

of x

: x=

(D τ

a)1/

2

Bin

ding

Ene

rgy

for

Ato

ms

at V

ario

us S

ites

Terrace

Sin

ce S

ite S

tabi

lity

is d

irect

ly

prop

ortio

nalit

y to

bin

ding

ene

rgy,

the

adat

omha

s lo

w s

ite s

tabi

lity

and

will

de

sorb

afte

r tim

e τ a

. G

iven

the

surf

ace

diffu

sivi

ty, D

, the

ato

m m

ust f

ind

a m

ore

stab

le s

ite w

ithin

a d

ista

nce,

x, i

n or

der

to

rem

ain

on th

e su

rfac

e an

d le

ad to

gro

wth

fr

om th

e va

por

phas

e.

Su

mm

ary/

Rev

iew

Wh

at a

re s

om

e o

f th

e P

rop

erti

es o

f su

rfac

es?

Th

erm

od

ynam

ic P

rop

erti

es

(Fre

e E

ner

gy,

Wu

lff

con

stru

ctio

n a

llow

s su

rfac

e en

erg

y to

pre

dic

t sh

ape

of

crys

tal)

, Den

sity

, Su

rfac

e T

ensi

on

(o

r S

urf

ace

En

erg

y)

Wh

at is

a S

urf

ace?

Ato

m S

tate

an

d S

tru

ctu

re

Wh

y ar

e su

rfac

e at

om

s im

po

rtan

t? R

eact

ion

s o

ccu

r at

su

rfac

e.

Ad

dit

ion

ally

, nan

ost

ruct

ure

dm

ater

ial h

as in

crea

sed

su

rfac

e to

b

ulk

ato

ms.

Ho

w a

re S

urf

aces

Cla

ssif

ied

? K

inks

, Ter

race

, Led

ges

, Ad

ato

ms

Wh

at a

re t

he

bro

ad c

ateg

ori

es o

f su

rfac

e re

acti

on

s co

nsi

der

ed?

Su

blim

atio

n a

nd

Cry

stal

Gro

wth

Co

nsi

der

th

e (0

01)

face

of

a fc

ccr

ysta

l.

Th

e s

ub

limat

ion

en

erg

y, L

o, i

s 3e

V a

nd

th

e E

inst

ein

fre

qu

ency

fac

tor,

ν,i

s 10

TH

z. U

se t

he

app

rop

riat

e fo

rmu

lati

on

s to

:

(a)E

xpre

ss t

he

loca

l eq

uili

bri

um

bet

wee

n a

dat

om

evap

ora

tio

n, R

-, a

nd

th

e ra

te o

f ar

riva

l, R

+, o

f at

om

s fr

om

th

e va

po

r to

th

e su

rfac

e to

fin

d t

he

con

cen

trat

ion

of

adat

om

mo

no

laye

r (M

L)

un

its.

Exe

rcis

e Q

ues

tio

n 1

(fr

om

Ven

able

ste

xt)

−+

=R

R

mkT

pR

π2=

+

−=

−kTE

Ra

aex

=m

kT

p π2

− kTE

aaex

=m

kT

p e π2

− kTE

aaex

=− m

k

Tp e

π2

2/1

− kTEa

aex

−=

kTL

kmT

po

eex

p)

2 (2/

33

22/

π

()

=

2/1

2/3

3

2 2

exp

)2 (

mk

kTL

kmo

π

υπ

− kTEa

aex

()

=

− kTL

kmo

exp

23

υπ

− kTEa

aex

()

=

− kTL

kmo

exp

23

υπ

− kTEa

aex

Exe

rcis

e Q

ues

tio

n 1

(fr

om

Ven

able

ste

xt)

(b)

Fin

d t

he

adat

om

con

cen

trat

ion

at

1000

K if

R =

1M

L/s

ec

()

=

− kTL

kmo

exp

23

υπ

− kTEa

aex

Lo

, is

3eV

an

d t

he

Ein

stei

n f

req

uen

cy f

acto

r, ν

, is

10T

Hz

− kTEa

aex

=1 M

L/s

ec

To

Co

mp

lete

th

e P

rob

lem

, So

lve

for

m (

mas

s o

f ad

ato

ms)

usi

ng

th

e ab

ove

par

amet

ers

in a

pp

rop

riat

e u

nit

s!!!

Exe

rcis

e Q

ues

tio

n 1

(fr

om

Ven

able

ste

xt)

Co

nsi

der

ho

w m

igh

t va

can

cies

(e.

g. e

mp

ty la

ttic

e si

tes)

-w

hic

h d

ecre

ase

the

Ein

stei

n v

ibra

tio

nal

freq

uen

cy o

f n

eig

hb

ori

ng

ato

ms

by

80%

--ef

fect

ad

sorb

ed M

L

con

cen

trat

ion

.

By

the

equ

atio

n,

Dec

reas

ing

th

e vi

bra

tio

nal

freq

uen

cy

will

dec

reas

e th

e su

blim

atio

n r

ate

(Rec

all R

HS

of

the

equ

atio

n is

R-)

, T

hu

s d

ecre

asin

g t

he

sub

limat

ion

rat

e w

ill in

crea

se t

he

adso

rpti

on

co

nce

ntr

atio

n.

()

=

− kTL

kmo

exp

23

υπ

− kTEa

aex