Growth modes of W and Mo thin epitaxial (110) films on (1120) sapphire

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 135, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 218-232

  Fruchart, O ^a   Jaren, S ^a   Rothman, J ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE CRISTALLOGRAPHIE   (France)

Author keywords

Atomic step; Atomic terrace; Epitaxial; Growth; Growth instability; Mo; Thin film; W

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; DEPOSITION; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; FILM GROWTH; MOLYBDENUM; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; SAPPHIRE; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; THIN FILMS; TUNGSTEN; TWINNING;

PULSED LASER DEPOSITION (PLD); SURFACE RECONSTRUCTION;

METALLIC FILMS;

EID: 0032475338     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-4332(98)00261-X     Document Type: Article

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