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Development and ordering of mounds during metal(100) homoepitaxy
Physical Review B
  • K. J. Caspersen, Iowa State University
  • Anthony R. Layson, Iowa State University
  • C. R. Stoldt, Iowa State University
  • V. Fournée, Iowa State University
  • Patricia A. Thiel, Iowa State University
  • James W. Evans, Iowa State University
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2002
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevB.65.193407
Abstract

Scanning-tunneling microscopy studies combined with atomistic modeling for Ag/Ag(100) homoepitaxy reveal complex growth behavior at 300 K: initial smooth growth up to ∼25 ML, where three-dimensional (3D) mounds develop from 2D islands; then an extended regime of mound steepening for ∼1000 ML producing unexpected rough growth; and finally an asymptotic regime with cooperative mound ordering and coalescence dynamics quite distinct from that in systems with up-down symmetry. The steepening regime is compressed upon lowering temperature, so while initial growth is rougher, asymptotic growth is actually smoother.

Comments

This article is from Physical Review B 65, no. 19 (2002): 193407, doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.65.193407.

Copyright Owner
American Physical Society
Language
en
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application/pdf
Citation Information
K. J. Caspersen, Anthony R. Layson, C. R. Stoldt, V. Fournée, et al.. "Development and ordering of mounds during metal(100) homoepitaxy" Physical Review B Vol. 65 Iss. 19 (2002) p. 193407
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/james-evans/32/