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Orientational Ordering on a Corrugated Substrate: Novel Pinwheel Structure for N2 Adsorbed on Cu(110)

P. Zeppenfeld, J. Goerge, V. Diercks, R. Halmer, R. David, and G. Comsa

A. Marmier, C. Ramseyer, and C. Girardet

  • Institut für Grenzflächenforschung und Vakuumphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, D-52425 Jülich, Germany

  • Laboratoire de Physique Moléculaire, URA CNRS 772, Université de Franche Comté, 25030 Besançon cedex, France

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Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 1504 – Published 24 February, 1997

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.78.1504

Abstract

The structure and orientational ordering of N2 molecules adsorbed on the Cu(110) surface is investigated in a combined experimental and theoretical study. Using He atom diffraction we find that monolayer N2 forms a high-order commensurate phase with an oblique unit cell. Minimum energy calculations based on realistic potentials show that the unit cell contains seven N2 molecules arranged in a novel type of pinwheel structure unexpected for linear molecules adsorbed on a smooth surface. Molecular dynamics simulations corroborate this structure and its remarkable thermal stability.

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Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 1504– Published 24 February, 1997
  • Received 23 October 1996

© 1997 American Physical Society

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