Surfactant-Mediated Epitaxial Growth of Metallic Thin Films

Abstract:

The effects of several surfactants on the homoepitaxial and heteroepitaxial growth of metallic films and multilayers have been studied and compared. Our measurements clearly revealed that pre-deposition of a small amount of surfactant prior to the adatom deposition changed thin film growth mode and structure. The pre-deposited surfactant enhanced layer-by-layer (LBL) growth of the homoepitaxial and heteroepitaxial growth of metallic films. The surfactant also enhanced the epitaxial growth of metallic multilayer.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 117)
• Pages: 55-61
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.117.55
• Online since: June 2010
• Authors: Masao Kamiko, Ryoichi Yamamoto
• Keywords: Epitaxy, Growth, RHEED, Surface Morphology, Surfactant, Thin Film

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