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The structure of thin Fe overlayers on the Co(1 1 2 0) surface has been inv
estigated by low energy electron diffraction (LEED) and by primary-beam dif
fraction modulated electron emission (PDMEE), as a function of the Fe cover
age (6-50 ML) and of the substrate temperature (between room temperature an
d 300 degreesC). The structure of the layers was the tetragonally distorted
bet modification of the equilibrium bcc phase with the (0 0 1)Fe//(1 1 2 0
)Co and [1 1 0]Fe//[1 1 0 0]Co relationships with the Co substrate. The Fe(
0 0 1)-Co(1 1 2 0) system exhibits a very large misfit asymmetry in the int
erface plane. As a consequence, a breakdown of the long-range order occurs
in the Fe film along the [1 1 0 0] substrate direction. (C) 2001 Elsevier S
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