Coalescence induced rapid decay of adatom and vacancy islands on Cu(111)

被引：13

作者：

Giesen, M ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Forschungszentrum Julich, Inst Grenzflachenforsch & Vakuumphys, D-52425 Julich, Germany

来源：

SURFACE SCIENCE | 1999年 / 441卷 / 2-3期

关键词：

copper; interlayer mass transport; scanning tunneling microscopy;

D O I：

10.1016/S0039-6028(99)00855-9

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：

The breakdown of the Ehrlich-Schwoebel barrier when the distance between step edges becomes smaller than a critical distance has a significant effect on the coarsening of surfaces. Here it is shown that the large mass flow along the perimeter of islands and the corresponding changes of the shape during coalescence events can induce a rapid decay of islands in the second layer and of vacancy islands in the layer beneath. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：391 / 398

页数：8

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