Shape of Ni-containing nanoislands grown on an Ag-terminated Ge(111) surface

Agnieszka Tomaszewska, Chun Liang Lin, Hung Chang Hsu, Jhen Hao Li, Ming Kuan Jhou, Po I. Hsieh, Xiao Lan Huang, Tsu Yi Fu*

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1 引文 斯高帕斯(Scopus)

摘要

By using scanning tunneling microscopy we found that Ni-containing islands grown on an Ag/Ge(111)-√3 × √3 surface adopt hexagonal (isotropic) shapes when the size is smaller than the critical value ~12.7 nm. Above this critical size islands either grow with no change in shape or become elongated (anisotropic). The shape transformation in the latter case indicates that even on an isotropic surface the influence of surface stress anisotropy on the island growth is significant. Besides, we compared the thermo-evolutions of the Ni-containing islands grown on the multiphase Ag/Ge(111) and the single Ag/Ge(111)-√3 × √3 surfaces and found that the formation of hexagonal and elongated islands is a common feature. This observation made us conclude that the surface stress anisotropy also exerts an impact on the island shape on an inhomogeneous surface.

原文英語
文章編號126079
期刊Surface and Coatings Technology
398
DOIs
出版狀態已發佈 - 2020 9月 25

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • 一般化學
  • 凝聚態物理學
  • 表面和介面
  • 表面、塗料和薄膜
  • 材料化學

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