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Vacancies in Homoepitaxially-Grown Ag and Cu films

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 March 2011

Cristian E. Botez
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY 11794, U.S.A
William C. Elliott
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY 11794, U.S.A
Paul F. Miceli
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY 11794, U.S.A
Peter W. Stephens
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211, U.S.A
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Abstract

X-ray scattering experiments on the homoepitaxial growth of Ag(001) Ag(111) and Cu(001) show that high vacancy concentrations can be achieved during low temperature deposition. It is observed that the vacancies, which can attain concentrations on the order of 2%, extend throughout the thickness of the deposited film. Moreover, vacancies are found to have a profound effect on the evolving morphology of certain surfaces, which is discussed in terms of prior studies of kinetic roughening in these systems.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2001

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