SCALING OF DIFFUSION-MEDIATED ISLAND GROWTH IN IRON-ON-IRON HOMOEPITAXY

被引:258
作者
STROSCIO, JA
PIERCE, DT
机构
[1] Electron Physics Group, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1994年 / 49卷 / 12期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.49.8522
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
An analysis of the island size and separation distributions of Fe islands, observed in the initial stages of growth in the homoepitaxy of Fe on Fe(001) whiskers, shows scaling properties recently predicted in nucleation and growth theories. A critical size of one atom, where islands greater than the critical size undergo irreversible nucleation, is supported by the measured scaling functions for the Fe on Fe system in the temperature range of 20-250-degrees-C.
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页码:8522 / 8525
页数:4
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