Strain mediated two-dimensional growth kinetics in metal heteroepitaxy: Ag/Pt(111)

Surface Science

Volumn 376, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 13-31

  Röder, Holger ^a   Bromann, Karsten ^a   Brune, Harald ^a   Kern, Klaus ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Additional step edge barrier; Epitaxy; Growth kinetics; Pin holes; Platinum; Scanning tunneling microscopy; Silver; Strain

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; DISLOCATIONS (CRYSTALS); MASS TRANSFER; METALLIC FILMS; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEATION; PLATINUM; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SILVER; STRAIN;

ADDITIONAL STEP EDGE BARRIER; HETEROEPITAXY;

EPITAXIAL GROWTH;

EID: 0031125319     PISSN: 00396028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6028(97)80014-3     Document Type: Article

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