A systematic study of the lattice dynamics of several (2×{}2) overlayers on Ni(100) leads to the conclusion that the reconstruction of the nickel surface with a carbon overlayer is of the softphonon type. The reconstruction is driven by the freezing of the S₁ nickel surface phonon.
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