Oxidation of Mg/Ag(1 1 1) investigated using scanning tunneling microscopy: Towards atomically smooth MgO nanostructures

Surface Science

Volumn 602, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 3089-3094

  Mantilla, M ^a   Jedrecy, N ^a   Lazzari, R ^a   Jupille, J ^a  

^a INSTITUT DES NANOSCIENCES DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Ag(1 1 1); Interface structure and roughness; MgO; Scanning tunneling microscopy; Thin film structure and morphology

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EXCAVATION; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; OXIDATION; SCANNING; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SILVER; TUNNELING (EXCAVATION);

AG(1 1 1); COINCIDENCE LATTICES; INTERFACE STRUCTURE AND ROUGHNESS; MGO; MGO SURFACES; ONE-DIMENSIONAL; ROOM TEMPERATURES; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY (STM); THIN FILM STRUCTURE AND MORPHOLOGY; THREE-FOLD SYMMETRY;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 52949116813     PISSN: 00396028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.susc.2008.07.043     Document Type: Article

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