Crucial role of substrate steps in de-wetting of crystalline thin films

Surface Science

Volumn 570, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Ling, W L ^a   Giessel, T ^a,b   Thurmer K ^a   Hwang, R Q ^a,c   Bartelt, N C ^a   McCarty, K F ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b MAX BORN INSTITUT   (Germany)

^c BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Copper; Growth; Low energy electron microscopy (LEEM); Models of surface kinetics; Nucleation; Ruthenium; Silver; Wetting

Indexed keywords

COPPER; CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FILM GROWTH; GOLD; MONOLAYERS; NUCLEATION; RUTHENIUM; SILVER; SINTERING; SUBSTRATES; WETTING;

CRYSTALLINE THIN FILMS; DE-WETTING; LOW-ENERGY ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (LEEM); SURFACE KINETICS;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 5644272956     PISSN: 00396028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.susc.2004.07.042     Document Type: Article

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