A SCANNING TUNNELING AND TRANSMISSION ELECTRON-MICROSCOPY COMPARISON OF THE SURFACE-STRUCTURE OF EVAPORATED AND ION-ASSISTED GOLD-FILMS

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作者
BARTLETT, R
JAEGER, H
SEXTON, BA
NETTERFIELD, RP
MARTIN, PJ
机构
[1] CSIRO,DIV MAT SCI & TECHNOL,LOCKED BAG 33,CLAYTON,VIC 3168,AUSTRALIA
[2] CSIRO,DIV APPL PHYS,LINDFIELD,NSW 2070,AUSTRALIA
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10.1016/0169-4332(91)90032-F
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O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
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070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The surface topography of evaporated and ion-assisted deposited gold films on silica has been studied by scanning tunnelling and transmission electron microscopy. Both techniques demonstrate that the bulk microstructures of the ion-assisted films have lower average dimensions than that of the evaporated films. The STM is used to compare the surface roughness of the evaporated and ion-assisted films. We discuss some of the difficulties in identifying grain sizes and grain boundaries from STM and TEM images of thin films.
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页码:187 / 191
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