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Document Type
Article
Journal/Book Title/Conference
Physical Review B
Volume
37
Issue
4
Publisher
American Physical Society
Publication Date
2-1988
First Page
2266
Last Page
2269
Abstract
Synchrotron x-ray diffraction experiments reveal the adsorption of iron pentacarbonyl [Fe(CO)5] on graphite basal-plane surfaces to be an extreme example of incomplete wetting in which only one solid layer of film coexists with bulk particles. Upon heating through the monolayer melting point, the amount of coexisting bulk solid first increases and then decreases. This anomalous layering behavior has not been observed in other systems exhibiting incomplete wetting, and we suggest that it is related to the steric properties of the Fe(CO)5 molecule.
Recommended Citation
JR Dennison, H. Taub, F. Y. Hansen, H. Shechter, and R. Brener, "Anomalous Layering of Fe(C0)5 Adsorbed on Graphite," Phys. Rev. B, 37, 2266-2269 (1988).
Comments
http://prb.aps.org/abstract/PRB/v37/i4/p2266_1
Published by the American Physical Society in Physical Review B. Publisher PDF is available for download through the link above.