In situ high-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy studies of two-dimensional TiN island coarsening kinetics on TiN (0 0 1)

Surface Science

Volumn 526, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 85-96

  Kodambaka, S ^a   Petrova, V ^a   Vailionis, A ^a,b   Petrov, I ^a   Greene, J E ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adatoms; Clusters; Scanning tunneling microscopy; Single crystal surfaces; Surface diffusion; Surface thermodynamics (including phase transitions)

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ANISOTROPY; DIFFUSION; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; REACTION KINETICS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SINGLE CRYSTALS; TITANIUM NITRIDE;

SURFACE DIFFUSION;

SURFACE PHENOMENA;

EID: 0037456198     PISSN: 00396028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6028(02)02570-0     Document Type: Article

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