A Otto et al 2007 New J. Phys. 9 288 doi:10.1088/1367-2630/9/8/288
A Otto1, P Lilie2, P Dumas2, C Hirschmugl3, M Pilling3 and G P Williams4
Show affiliationsThe electric surface resistance is measured without contacts by grazing incidence of p-polarized infrared (IR) radiation for the adsorbates CO and C2H4, which settle on top of the close packed atomic ridges of Cu(110) in the
1, -1, 0
direction. Surface resistance has only been observed for the IR electric currents in this direction. This can be explained by the assumption that IR induced currents in the
001
direction can only flow in the second and deeper layers of Cu(110). Therefore, in this direction, there is no friction with the adsorbates and hence no surface resistance.
73.25.+i Surface conductivity and carrier phenomena
78.30.Er Solid metals and alloys
78.68.+m Optical properties of surfaces
78.66.Bz Metals and metallic alloys
68.43.-h Chemisorption/physisorption: adsorbates on surfaces
Issue 8 (August 2007)
Received 25 July 2007
Published 28 August 2007
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