| Issue |
Europhys. Lett.
Volume 36, Number 8, December II 1996
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|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 601 - 606 | |
| Section | Condensed matter: structure, thermal and mechanical properties | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i1996-00275-y | |
| Published online | 01 September 2002 | |
Surface structure of a binary alloy in different states of order: The transformation between the amorphous and the crystalline phase
Institut für Physik, Universität Basel,
Klingelbergstrasse 82, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
Received:
3
October
1996
Accepted:
24
October
1996
Amorphous 
is studied by scanning tunneling
microscopy before and after crystallization, and after additional
laser-quenching. Distances between structural units on the
amorphous surface are comparable to lattice spacings on the
crystallized
sample indicating
partial preservation of the local structure during the phase
transformation.
After laser-quenching
the crystallized sample, the surface structure is similar to that of
the initial amorphous state proving on the nm scale the successful
transformation of the surface layers back into
the amorphous state.
PACS: 68.35.Bs – Atomic and molecular structure; crystal shapes; surface topography / 61.16.Ch – Scanning probe microscopy: scanning tunneling, atomic force, magnetic, etc / 68.35.Rh – Phase transitions and critical phenomena
© EDP Sciences, 1996
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