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Surface Topography of Cocondensed Amorphous ZrCo-Alloy Films Investigated in Situ By UHV-STM

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

B. Reinker ,
M. Moske ,
H. Geisler  and
K. Samwer
B. Reinker
Affiliation:
Institut für Physik, Universität Augsburg, D-86135 Augsburg, Germany
M. Moske
Affiliation:
Institut für Physik, Universität Augsburg, D-86135 Augsburg, Germany
H. Geisler
Affiliation:
Institut für Physik, Universität Augsburg, D-86135 Augsburg, Germany
K. Samwer
Affiliation:
Institut für Physik, Universität Augsburg, D-86135 Augsburg, Germany
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Abstract

Amorphous ZrCo-alloy films, prepared by electron beam deposition in ultra high vacuum (UHV), are investigated in situ with scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) in constant current mode. The topographs, statistically analysed by height-height-correlation functions, show a surface roughness on two different length scales. The surface structures on a larger scale (7.0 to 12.0nm in diameter), which vary with substrate temperature, film composition and film thickness, are discussed in relation to surface tension and diffusion kinetics during film growth. The structures on a smaller scale (0.4 to 0.7nm in diameter) have to be discussed with respect to the limits of atomic resolution.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 355: Symposium B1 – Evolution of Thin-Film and Surface Structure and Morphology , 1994 , 601
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1995

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