title: Giant metal compression at liquid-solid (Pb-Si, In-Si) Schottky junctions.
abstract: Using a high-energy x-ray transmission-reflection scheme we have studied the density profile of solid-liquid Schottky contacts close to the interface. We found a massive disturbance of the electronic system on the liquid metal side at different interfaces with pronounced density anomalies on a new length scale. The liquid metal at the interface forms a strongly compressed layer followed by a density depleted layer. The experimental evidence points to a charge transfer phenomenon in the metallic system. Control experiments performed at a metal-insulator interface confirm this picture.
authors.affiliation: Max-Planck-Institut für Metallforschung, Heisenbergstrasse 3, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Reichert
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Denk
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Okasinski
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Honkimäki
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dosch