https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2003-00152-3
Molecular dynamics study of metallic surface smoothing by cluster impact
Departamento de Física Teórica y Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear,
Universidad de Valladolid, Spain
Corresponding author: a palacios@fcualab.fam.cie.uva.es
Received:
10
September
2002
Published online:
3
July
2003
In this work, Molecular Dynamics (MD) simulations are performed to study the smoothing of a rough Al(111) surface by means of metal cluster impact. A projectile Al13 cluster impinges on an island-shape defect supported over the surface at incident angles of 15°, 45° and 90°, and with the initial kinetic energy being varied from 1 to 40 eV/at. Depending on the angle and the initial kinetic energy, several phenomena take place, from projectile sticking and island flattening to fragmentation and sputtering with substrate damage for the largest energies.
PACS: 36.40.-c – Atomic and molecular clusters / 68.35.Bs – Structure of clean surfaces (reconstruction)
© EDP Sciences, Società Italiana di Fisica, Springer-Verlag, 2003
