Step heights and terrace terminations of a vicinal ( 0 0 0 1 ) α-alumina surface annealed in UHV

Surface Science

Volumn 549, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 157-164

  Pham Van, Laurent ^a   Cousty, Jacques ^a   Lubin, Christophe ^a  

^a CEA SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Aluminum oxide; Atomic force microscopy; Stepped single crystal surfaces; Surface structure, morphology, roughness, and topography

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; LOW ENERGY ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; STATISTICAL METHODS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; SURFACE STRUCTURE; ULTRAHIGH VACUUM;

MESOSCOPIC SCALES;

ALUMINA;

EID: 0347476996     PISSN: 00396028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6028(03)00354-6     Document Type: Article

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