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| author | Kumashita, Atsuki Tajiri, Hiroo Usami, Jun Yamane, Yu Miyasaka, Shigeki Fukuyama, Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Akira |
| author_facet | Kumashita, Atsuki Tajiri, Hiroo Usami, Jun Yamane, Yu Miyasaka, Shigeki Fukuyama, Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Akira |
| contents | We observed surface X-ray diffraction from He-4 submonolayers adsorbed on a single-surface graphite using synchrotron X-rays. Time evolutions of scattering intensities along the crystal truncation rod (CTR) were observed even after reaching the base low temperature in a selected condition of sample preparation. Our simulations for CTR scatterings based on the random double-layer model, in which helium atoms are distributed randomly in the first and second layers with a certain occupancy ratio, can consistently explain the observed intensity changes. These results support the scenario that He atoms are stratified initially as a nonequilibrium state and then relaxed into a uniform monolayer by surface diffusion, where the relaxation process was observed as a decrease in CTR scattering intensity. The observed time constant was, however, much longer than those estimated from quantum and thermal surface diffusions. This implies homogeneous processes in surface diffusions were strongly suppressed by local potentials in such as atomic steps or microcrystalline boundaries. |
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| spellingShingle | Growth of uniform helium submonolayers adsorbed on single-surface graphite observed by surface X-ray diffraction Kumashita, Atsuki Tajiri, Hiroo Usami, Jun Yamane, Yu Miyasaka, Shigeki Fukuyama, Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Akira Materials Science Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics We observed surface X-ray diffraction from He-4 submonolayers adsorbed on a single-surface graphite using synchrotron X-rays. Time evolutions of scattering intensities along the crystal truncation rod (CTR) were observed even after reaching the base low temperature in a selected condition of sample preparation. Our simulations for CTR scatterings based on the random double-layer model, in which helium atoms are distributed randomly in the first and second layers with a certain occupancy ratio, can consistently explain the observed intensity changes. These results support the scenario that He atoms are stratified initially as a nonequilibrium state and then relaxed into a uniform monolayer by surface diffusion, where the relaxation process was observed as a decrease in CTR scattering intensity. The observed time constant was, however, much longer than those estimated from quantum and thermal surface diffusions. This implies homogeneous processes in surface diffusions were strongly suppressed by local potentials in such as atomic steps or microcrystalline boundaries. |
| title | Growth of uniform helium submonolayers adsorbed on single-surface graphite observed by surface X-ray diffraction |
| topic | Materials Science Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.22114 |