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EnglishThe interaction between oxygen and the Fe/Cu(100) interface has been studied as a function of both the iron thickness and the oxygen exposure by means of UPS and XPS spectroscopies. A careful analysis of the Fe 2p spectra has shown that upon exposing Fe thin films (0.5-10 ML) to 10(4) L of oxygen there is always the formation of Fe2O3. Instead, when a copper surface containing 0.5 and 1 ML of iron has been exposed to increasing amounts of oxygen (1-10(4) L), the presence of both Fe2+ and Fe3+ is evident in the middle stage of the oxidation. The UPS spectra have shown a strong decrease of the Cu3d features when the Fe/Cu interface has been exposed to oxygen, even for very thin Fe films (0.5-1 ML). This behaviour can be interpreted in terms of a sizeable decrease of the mean free path of low energy valence band electrons when the iron film is oxidized with respect to that observed in metallic iron films.
| Titolo: | OXIDATION OF THE FE/CU(100) INTERFACE | |
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| Data di pubblicazione: | 1995 | |
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| Abstract: | The interaction between oxygen and the Fe/Cu(100) interface has been studied as a function of both the iron thickness and the oxygen exposure by means of UPS and XPS spectroscopies. A careful analysis of the Fe 2p spectra has shown that upon exposing Fe thin films (0.5-10 ML) to 10(4) L of oxygen there is always the formation of Fe2O3. Instead, when a copper surface containing 0.5 and 1 ML of iron has been exposed to increasing amounts of oxygen (1-10(4) L), the presence of both Fe2+ and Fe3+ is evident in the middle stage of the oxidation. The UPS spectra have shown a strong decrease of the Cu3d features when the Fe/Cu interface has been exposed to oxygen, even for very thin Fe films (0.5-1 ML). This behaviour can be interpreted in terms of a sizeable decrease of the mean free path of low energy valence band electrons when the iron film is oxidized with respect to that observed in metallic iron films. | |
| Handle: | http://hdl.handle.net/11697/15669 | |
| Appare nelle tipologie: | 1.1 Articolo in rivista |
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