The epitaxial growth of very thin palladium layers on alpha-Al2O3 (11 (2) over bar 0) single-crystalline substrates was controlled in situ by Reflection High Electron Energy Diffraction. The substrates were prepared by heating in air and/or under vacuum in order to obtain well stoichiometric and partially reduced surfaces, respectively. The three-dimensional growth mode has been found, giving two populations of particles having (1 1 1) plane parallel to the (11 (2) over bar 0) substrate surface and different azimuthal orientations. The stoichiometry of the substrate surface did not influence the structure and epitaxial parameters of the overlayer. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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HOWE JM, 1993, INT MATER REV, V38, P233, DOI 10.1179/095066093790150929