T. Isshiki et al., OXIDATION OF ZINC PARTICLES VACUUM-DEPOSITED IN A HIGH-RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON-MICROSCOPE, Thin solid films, 271(1-2), 1995, pp. 84-87
Zn fine particles that are vacuum deposited by in-situ electron beam h
eating in an electron microscope are investigated by high-resolution t
ransmission electron microscopy. Zn platelets of sub-micron size are f
ormed having definite crystal habits and are covered with a ZnO layer
about 4 nm thick. The processed images reveal on the atomic scale that
ZnO crystals, grown with the parallel orientation with Zn, have no ps
eudomorphic structure and then no misfit dislocations. Video-recording
discloses the island growth with no migration of oxide particles, and
the moire pattern shows the resultant mosaic structure of the oxide l
ayer.