Epitaxial Ag(001) grown on MgO(001) and TiN(001): Twinning, surface morphology, and electron surface scattering

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Chawla, J S ^a   Gall, D ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AIR EXPOSURE; BULK VALUE; CU SURFACES; DIFFUSE SCATTERING; ELECTRON MEAN FREE PATH; ELECTRON PHONON SCATTERING; ELECTRON SURFACE; GRAIN AND TWIN BOUNDARIES; IN-SITU DEPOSITION; LAYER THICKNESS; MGO; MGO (001) SURFACE; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; SPECULARITIES; SURFACE SCATTERING MODEL; TWIN-FREE; UNDERLAYERS; X RAY REFLECTION;

D REGION; ELECTRON SCATTERING; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; NUCLEATION; PLASMA INTERACTIONS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; SURFACE SCATTERING; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TINNING; TITANIUM NITRIDE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

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EID: 84857855186     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3684976     Document Type: Article

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