SCANNING-TUNNELING-MICROSCOPY STUDY ON THE GROWTH MODE OF VAPOR-DEPOSITED GOLD-FILMS

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作者
HERRASTI, P
OCON, P
VAZQUEZ, L
SALVAREZZA, RC
VARA, JM
ARVIA, AJ
机构
[1] UNIV AUTONOMA MADRID, CSIC, INST CIENCIA MAT, DEPT FIS APLICADA CXII, E-28049 MADRID, SPAIN
[2] INST INVEST FIS QUIM TEORICAS & APLICADAS, RA-1900 LA PLATA, ARGENTINA
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PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 1992年 / 45卷 / 10期
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10.1103/PhysRevA.45.7440
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O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
The growth of gold deposits on smooth glass from the vapor phase at 30 nm-1 s-1, 298 K, and incident angle near the substrate normal covering the 30-1000 nm average film thickness (HBAR) range is investigated through scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) complemented with oxygen-adatom electro-sorption measurements. The STM images of the deposits reveal a columnar structure resulting from a mechanism involving shadowing and surface diffusion. Quantitative data are obtained directly from STM images. The height distribution N(h) of the interface obeys an N(h) is-proportional-to e(-kh) relationship. For HBAR < 500 nm, the interface thickness (xi) increases as a power law with HBAR, whereas for HBAR > 500 nm it reaches a steady state. Under the latter condition, xi depends on the STM scan length (S) as xi is-proportional-to S(alpha) with alpha close to 1/3. These results indicate that the growth process of the gold deposits results in compact nonfractal structures with self-affine fractal surfaces, as predicted by ballistic deposition models. However, the latter fail to describe some aspects of the morphology and evolution of thin vapor-deposited gold films on this substrate.
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页码:7440 / 7447
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