| Issue |
Europhys. Lett.
Volume 44, Number 4, November II 1998
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 465 - 470 | |
| Section | Condensed matter: structure, thermal and mechanical properties | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i1998-00495-1 | |
| Published online | 01 September 2002 | |
Early stages in amorphous 
film growth on HOPG
Institut für Physik, Universität Augsburg - D-86135 Augsburg, Germany
Received:
18
May
1998
Accepted:
25
September
1998
Ultra thin metallic glass films, deposited by electron beam
evaporation onto HOPG (Highly Oriented Pyrolytic Graphite), are
investigated in situ with STM with regard to the beginning of
amorphous film growth and to atomic structures visible by STM. Island
growth with coalescence at 5.0 nm film thickness is observed, where
surface diffusion is discussed to be a dominating mechanism in forming
the morphology by the use of a statistical analysis. On top of the
islands additional structures on an atomic scale can be resolved.
PACS: 61.16.Ch – Scanning probe microscopy: scanning tunneling, atomic force, scanning optical, magnetic force, etc / 61.43.Dq – Amorphous semiconductors, metals, and alloys / 68.35.Bs – Surface structure and topography
© EDP Sciences, 1998
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