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Phys. Rev. Lett. 47, 675–678 (1981)

Universal Binding Energy Curves for Metals and Bimetallic Interfaces

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J. H. Rose
Ames Laboratory, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011

John Ferrante
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio 44135

John R. Smith
Physics Department, General Motors Research Laboratories, Warren, Michigan 48090

Received 27 April 1981; published in the issue dated 31 August 1981

We provide evidence for a universal relationship between metallic binding energies and lattice parameters. By a simple scaling of a universal relationship, one can obtain binding energies as a function of atomic separation for bimetallic interfaces and bulk metals.

© 1981 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.47.675
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.47.675
PACS:
61.50.Lt