Microscopic view of epitaxial metal growth: nucleation and aggregation

Brune, Harald

doi:10.1016/s0167-5729(99)80001-6

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“…Atomic diffusion has been studied for a long time as one of the fundamental processes governing the surface physics [1][2][3][4][5][6]. For example, the diffusion of atoms is responsible for epitaxial growth of atomic layers, formation of islands, chains, and other nanostructures or chemical reactions.…”

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Surface diffusion of Pb atoms on the Si(553)-Au surface in narrow quasi-one-dimensional channels

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The one-dimensional diffusion of individual Pb atoms on the Si(553)-Au surface has been investigated by a combination of scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), spectroscopy (STS), and first-principles density functional theory. The obtained results unambiguously prove that the diffusion channels are limited to a narrow region between Au chains and step edges of the surface. Much wider channels observed in STM and STS data have electronic origin and result from an interaction of Pb with surface atoms. The length of the channels is determined by a distance between defects at step edges of the Si(553)-Au surface. The defects can act as potential barriers or potential wells for Pb atoms, depending on their origin.

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Surface diffusion of Pb atoms on the Si(553)-Au surface in narrow quasi-one-dimensional channels

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“…[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] Deposition and growth systems are typically characterised by huge ranges of time and length scale: the microscopic processes of surface growth (atomic length scale, time scale ∼10 −12 s) aggregate to produce thin films, clusters or patterns with length scales from nm to μm over time scales of seconds or minutes. 8,9 While the microscopic processes are not usually directly accessible to experiment, their nature can often be inferred from the statistical properties of the grown material, for example, the island size distribution (ISD) 1 or the spatial distribution of islands 10 and their associated capture zones.…”

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Size-dependent mobility of gold nano-clusters during growth on chemically modified graphene

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“…By controlling the growth kinetics [17] through several deposition and annealing steps at different temperatures, we were able to create either compact or ramified islands. [18].…”

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Magnetization reversal mechanism of ramified and compact Co islands on Pt(111)

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We report on the magnetization reversal mechanism of Co islands on Pt(111) as a function of their size and shape. We measure the zero-field susceptibility χ (T ) and low-temperature magnetization curves M(H ) with in situ magneto-optical Kerr effect. Together with the island morphology deduced from scanning tunneling microscopy, this creates sufficient information to determine both the magnetization reversal mechanism and the distribution of anisotropy energies between perimeter and surface atoms. We find a transition from quasicoherent rotation to domain wall nucleation and propagation with a critical size of 350 atoms for ramified, and of 600 atoms for compact islands.

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Microscopic view of epitaxial metal growth: nucleation and aggregation

Cited by 925 publications

References 303 publications

Surface diffusion of Pb atoms on the Si(553)-Au surface in narrow quasi-one-dimensional channels

Surface diffusion of Pb atoms on the Si(553)-Au surface in narrow quasi-one-dimensional channels

Size-dependent mobility of gold nano-clusters during growth on chemically modified graphene

Magnetization reversal mechanism of ramified and compact Co islands on Pt(111)

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