Surfactants used in Ag(111) homoepitaxy: Sb, In, Pt and O-2

被引:11
作者
vanderVegt, HA
Huisman, WJ
Howes, PB
Turner, TS
Vlieg, E
机构
[1] FOM,INST ATOM & MOL PHYS,NL-1098 SJ AMSTERDAM,NETHERLANDS
[2] UNIV WALES COLL CARDIFF,DEPT PHYS,CARDIFF CF2 3YB,S GLAM,WALES
[3] SERC,DARESBURY LAB,WARRINGTON WA4 4AD,CHESHIRE,ENGLAND
关键词
epitaxy; growth; low index single crystal surfaces; molecular beam epitaxy; silver; single crystal epitaxy; X-ray scattering; diffraction; and reflection;
D O I
10.1016/0039-6028(96)00712-1
中图分类号
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
We have investigated the effect of several surfactants on the homoepitaxial growth of Ag(111) by X-ray reflectivity experiments. Recently, we found that submonolayer amounts of Sb induce layer-by-layer growth of Ag on Ag(lll). Now we have varied the amount of Sb and also used In, Pt and O-2 as surfactant. We show that Sb is not unique in inducing two-dimensional growth in Ag(111) homoepitaxy: In and Pt have the same effect. For O-2 the sticking coefficient to Ag(111) is too low to affect the growth significantly. At the lowest growth temperatures (< 170 K), only Sb induces layer-by-layer growth.
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页码:205 / 211
页数:7
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