Primary nucleation processes in binary oxide growth: The case of MgO

Surface Science

Volumn 601, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 5616-5627

  Geneste, Grégory ^a,b   Morillo, Joseph ^a   Finocchi, Fabio ^c   Hayoun, Marc ^d  

^a CEMES CNRS   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE STRUCTURES   (France)

^c INSTITUT DES NANOSCIENCES DE PARIS   (France)

^d LABORATOIRE DES SOLIDES IRRADIÉS   (France)

Author keywords

Ab initio calculations; Homoepitaxy; MgO; Nucleation

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; CRYSTAL GROWTH; ELECTROSTATICS; NUCLEATION; REDOX REACTIONS; STOICHIOMETRY;

BINARY OXIDE GROWTH; EMPIRIC POTENTIALS; HOMOEPITAXY; MOLECULAR DEPOSITION;

MAGNESIA;

EID: 36348972195     PISSN: 00396028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.susc.2007.09.051     Document Type: Article

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