Quantum stabilities and growth modes of thin metal films: Unsupported and NiAl-supported Ag(1 1 0) and Ag(1 0 0)

Surface Science

Volumn 602, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 2532-2540

  Han, Yong ^a   Evans, J W ^a,b   Liu, Da Jiang ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ag films; Density functional theory; Epitaxial growth; Free electron model; Metal films; NiAl; Quantum size effect; Surface energy

Indexed keywords

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DISCRETE FOURIER TRANSFORMS; LIQUID PHASE EPITAXY; METALS; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SILVER; SUBSTRATES; SYSTEM STABILITY; THICK FILMS;

AG FILMS; DENSITY-FUNCTIONAL THEORY (DFT); ELSEVIER (CO); FILM STABILITY; FREE-STANDING FILMS; GROWTH MODES; MISMATCH STRAIN; PERFECT LATTICE; SUBSTRATE SURFACES; SURFACE ORIENTATIONS; THIN METAL FILMS; UNIT CELLS;

FILM GROWTH;

EID: 48149103539     PISSN: 00396028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.susc.2008.05.040     Document Type: Article

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