Domain-wall pinning in uniaxial phases of Pb adlayers on a Cu(110) surface
- 10 December 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 65 (24), 3025-3028
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.65.3025
Abstract
Submonolayers of Pb adsorbed on the Cu(110) surface form a series of uniaxial commensurate phases. We report the results of synchrotron x-ray scattering studies of the global phase behavior of this chemisorption system. We observe a floating-incommensurate to soliton-glass phase transition due to domain-wall pinning. The nature of this transition and other novel features revealed in this study are discussed in the context of current theories for strong adlayer systems.Keywords
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