title: A perfect wetting of Mg monolayer on Ag(111) under atomic scale investigation: First principles calculations, scanning tunneling microscopy, and Auger spectroscopy.
abstract: First principles calculations, scanning tunneling microscopy, and Auger spectroscopy experiments of the adsorption of Mg on Ag(111) substrate are conducted. This detailed study reveals that an atomic scale controlled deposition of a metallic Mg monolayer perfectly wets the silver substrate without any alloy formation at the interface at room temperature. A liquid-like behavior of the Mg species on the Ag substrate is highlighted as no dot formation is observed when coverage increases. Finally a layer-by-layer growth mode of Mg on Ag(111) can be predicted, thanks to density functional theory calculations as observed experimentally.
authors.affiliation: LAAS-CNRS, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, Toulouse, France.
authors.forename: Amani
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Migaou
authors.affiliation: Aix Marseille University, IM2NP, Fac Sci St. Jérôme, F-13397 Marseille, France.
authors.forename: Brice
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sarpi
authors.affiliation: LAAS-CNRS, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, Toulouse, France.
authors.forename: Mathilde
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Guiltat
authors.affiliation: LAAS-CNRS, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, Toulouse, France.
authors.forename: Kevin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Payen
authors.affiliation: Aix Marseille University, IM2NP, Fac Sci St. Jérôme, F-13397 Marseille, France.
authors.forename: Rachid
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Daineche
authors.affiliation: LAAS-CNRS, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, Toulouse, France.
authors.forename: Georges
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Landa
authors.affiliation: Aix Marseille University, IM2NP, Fac Sci St. Jérôme, F-13397 Marseille, France.
authors.forename: Sébastien
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vizzini
authors.affiliation: LAAS-CNRS, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, Toulouse, France.
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hémeryck