SCANNING-TUNNELING-MICROSCOPY STUDY OF THE THICK-FILM LIMIT OF KINETIC ROUGHENING

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PALASANTZAS, G
KRIM, J
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[1] Physics Department, Northeastern University, Boston
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.73.3564
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O4 [物理学];
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The spatial and temporal scaling behaviors of vapor-deposited silver films have been investigated by means of scanning tunneling microscopy for the film thickness range ≅10-1000 nm. The roughness, growth, and dynamic scaling exponents have been independently measured (α=0.82±0.05,β=0. 29±0.06,and z=2.5±0.5), and they exhibit no evolution with film thickness. © 1994 The American Physical Society.
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