Mechanisms and energetic of atomic processes in surface diffusion

• Published in: Physica A Vol. 357; no. 2; pp. 250 - 281
• Main Author: Tsong, Tien T.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 08.11.2005
• Subjects: Arrhenius–Einstein plot; Diffusion mechanisms; Field ion microscopy; Scanning tunneling microscopy; Single atom tips; Surface diffusion; Surface nanostructures; Scanning tunneling microscopy; Single atom tips; Surface nanostructures; Field ion microscopy; Diffusion mechanisms; Arrhenius–Einstein plot; Surface diffusion

Surface diffusion is a subject of basic importance for understanding mass transport phenomena in surface and nano science. In the particle aspect of surface diffusion of single atoms and simple molecules, information of interest is the detail atomic mechanisms and the activation energy of various at...