Strong enhancement of surface diffusion by nonlinear surface acoustic waves

Maxim V. Shugaev, Anthony J. Manzo, Chengping Wu, Vladimir Yu. Zaitsev, Henry Helvajian, Leonid V. Zhigilei
2015 Physical Review B  
The phenomenon of acoustic activation of surface diffusion is investigated in a combined computational and experimental study. The ability of pulsed laser-generated surface acoustic waves (SAWs) to enhance mobility of small atomic clusters is demonstrated by directly tracking, with fluorescence microscopy, individual Au 8 clusters moving on a (111) silicon substrate. A
doi:10.1103/physrevb.91.235450 fatcat:vkwu6fngmnh7doklecnhephqqq