Terrace width distributions for vicinal surfaces with steps of alternating stiffness

Surface Science

Volumn 598, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 78-87

  Yancey, Jeremy A ^a,c   Richards, Howard L ^a   Einstein, T L ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY COMMERCE   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c Department of Physics and Astronomy ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Equilibrium thermodynamics and statistical mechanics; Stepped single crystal surfaces; Surface energy; Surface structure, morphology, roughness and topography; Vicinal single crystal surfaces

Indexed keywords

INTERFACIAL ENERGY; MORPHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; STIFFNESS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; SURFACE STRUCTURE; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

STEPPED SINGLE CRYSTAL SURFACES; TERRACE WIDTH DISTRIBUTION (TWD); VICINAL SINGLE CRYSTAL SURFACES;

SURFACE TREATMENT;

EID: 28244470268     PISSN: 00396028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.susc.2005.08.028     Document Type: Article

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