Spectroscopic Observation and Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Ga Surface Segregation in Liquid Pd-Ga Alloys

Grabau M, Erhard J, Taccardi N, Krick Calderon S, Wasserscheid P, Görling A, Steinrück HP, Papp C (2017)


Publication Language: English

Publication Status: Published

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2017

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Publisher: WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH

Book Volume: 23

Pages Range: 17701-17706

Journal Issue: 70

DOI: 10.1002/chem.201703627

Abstract

Liquid binary Pd-Ga alloys with low Pd contents of 0.8, 1.8, and 4.7at% of Pd were examined as a function of sample temperature in ultra-high vacuum by using angle-resolved XPS. Upon cooling from 750 to 400K, a pronounced temperature-dependence of the Pd concentration in the liquid phase was observed, which was explained by the transition from the pure liquid phase to a two-phase system, consisting of a solid Ga5Pd phase and a Pd-depleted liquid Pd-Ga alloy. In the liquid Pd-Ga alloy, Pd is always depleted from the topmost interface layer, as deduced from angle-resolved XPS at 0 and 80 degrees emission, independent of temperature and Pd concentration. This observation is interpreted as an inhomogeneous depth distribution function of Pd, that is, the segregation of Ga to the surface of the liquid phase. The results of a DFT-based molecular dynamics simulation (MD) independently show interfacial stratification of Ga and an inhomogeneous Pd distribution along the surface normal. The evaluation of the experimental data with a rigid layer model based on the MD calculations leads to excellent agreement with the simulation.

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APA:

Grabau, M., Erhard, J., Taccardi, N., Krick Calderon, S., Wasserscheid, P., Görling, A.,... Papp, C. (2017). Spectroscopic Observation and Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Ga Surface Segregation in Liquid Pd-Ga Alloys. Chemistry - A European Journal, 23(70), 17701-17706. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201703627

MLA:

Grabau, Mathias, et al. "Spectroscopic Observation and Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Ga Surface Segregation in Liquid Pd-Ga Alloys." Chemistry - A European Journal 23.70 (2017): 17701-17706.

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