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Protective layer formation during oxidation of Cu$$_{3}$$Au(100) using hyperthermal O$$_{2}$$ molecular beam

Okada, Michio*; Hashinokuchi, Michihiro*; Fukuoka, Masayuki*; Kasai, Toshio*; Moritani, Kosuke*; Teraoka, Yuden

Oxidation of Cu$$_{3}$$Au(100) using a hyperthermal O$$_{2}$$ molecular beam (HOMB) was investigated by X-ray photoemission spectroscopy in conjunction with a synchrotron light source. From the incident energy dependence of the O-uptake curve, it was determined that the dissociative adsorption of O$$_{2}$$ implies a higher activation barrier and therefore less reactivity due to the Au alloying. The dissociative adsorption progresses with the Cu segregation on the surface. No prominent growth of Cu$$_{2}$$O even for 2 eV HOMB suggests that the Au-alloying of Cu can serve as a protective layer against further oxidation into the bulk.

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