Morphology of thin silver film grown by dc sputtering on Si(001)

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Kundu, S
Hazra, S
Banerjee, S
Sanyal, MK
Mandal, SK
Chaudhuri, S
Pal, AK
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[1] Saha Inst Nucl Phys, Surface Phys Div, Calcutta 700064, W Bengal, India
[2] Indian Assoc Cultivat Sci, Dept Mat Sci, Calcutta 700032, W Bengal, India
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10.1088/0022-3727/31/23/001
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The morphology and growth mechanism of silver films approximately 150 Angstrom in thickness on Si(001) substrates have been studied by atomic force microscopy and x-ray reflectivity. The thin films prepared by do sputtering at room temperature are composed of islands of silver. The shape and size distribution of these islands are studied using these two complementary measurement techniques.
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