摘要
The diffusion dynamics of small two-dimensional atomic clusters Cux （1≤x≤8） on Cu（lll） surface were studied using the molecular dynamics simulations and a modified analytic embedded-atom method in the temperature range from 200 K to 800 K. The cluster size and temperature dependence of the diffusion coefficients and migration energies are presented. Our simulations show that the diffusion migration energy of the CuT cluster is the highest and the prefactor for the CuT cluster is almost three orders of magnitude larger than that for single atom diffusion. This conclusion is consistent with the experimental results for similar metals. In addition, the dependence of cluster diffusion on film growth is also discussed.
基金
ACKNOWLEDGMENT This work was supported Natural Science Foundation by the Hunan Provincial of China （No.06JJ2100）.
