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Phys Rev Lett
; 100(9): 096103, 2008 Mar 07.
Artículo
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| ID: mdl-18352728
RESUMEN
Surface x-ray diffraction in combination with scanning tunneling microscopy and molecular dynamics calculations provide first quantitative evidence for unusually large relaxations in nanometer-sized Co islands deposited on Cu(001) at 170 K. These lead to sharply reduced interatomic Co distances as low as 2.36 A as compared to bulk Co (2.51 A) involving low symmetry Co adsorption sites. Our results prove the validity of the concept of mesoscopic mismatch which governs the strain relaxation of nanosized islands in general.