Discrete row growth at vicinal surfaces

被引:52
作者
Marsico, V
Blanc, M
Kuhnke, K
Kern, K
机构
[1] Institut de Physique Expérimentale, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.78.94
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
Discrete row growth during the initial stage of molecular beam epitaxy of rare gases and metals on the vicinal Pt(997) surface has been observed. The row-by-row growth is revealed by intensity oscillations in thermal-energy atom scattering at grazing incidence. Thermodynamic modeling provides an estimate of the excess binding energy close to the step edges.
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页码:94 / 97
页数:4
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