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Novel Defects and Anisotropic Vacancy Diffusion on Reconstructed Surfaces

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

O. Rodríguez De La Fuente,
M. A. González and
J. M. Rojo
O. Rodríguez De La Fuente
Affiliation:
Dpto. de Física de Materiales, Universidad Complutense, E-28040, Madrid, Spain
M. A. González
Affiliation:
Dpto. de Física de Materiales, Universidad Complutense, E-28040, Madrid, Spain
J. M. Rojo
Affiliation:
Dpto. de Física de Materiales, Universidad Complutense, E-28040, Madrid, Spain
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Abstract

STM and molecular dynamics simulations are used to study Au(001) 5×25 reconstructed surfaces after Ar+ bombardment at 600 eV and ion doses from 0.05 to 1 ML+. Surface 2D dislocation dipoles, identified as such in a previous investigation, are shown to have dislocation properties and to be formed by anisotropic diffusion of surface vacancies along the ridges of the reconstructed topmost layer. A new vacancy diffusion mechanism involving intermediate states with de-localized vacancies is identified. Increasing ion fluences is shown to lead to the formation of vacancy islands that are nucleated at the dislocation dipoles.

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