Layer-by-layer growth of lithium films on tungsten and molybdenum (011) faces: manifestations in the work function
Vedula Yu. S. , Poplavskii V. V.
Some structural features which are evidence of a layer-by-layer film growth have been observed for the first time in the behavior of the work function upon the formation of Li polylayers on W and Mo (Oil) faces. It is suggested that films with a (011) bcc orientation form at 300 K, while films with the (0001) orientation of a rhombohedral Li lattice form at 77 K. The difference is explained in terms of a polymorphism of Li,