ATOMIC BURROWING AND HOLE FORMATION FOR AU GROWTH ON AG(110)

Authors
HIRSCHORN ES LIN DS HANSEN ED CHIANG TC
Citation
Es. Hirschorn et al., ATOMIC BURROWING AND HOLE FORMATION FOR AU GROWTH ON AG(110), Surface science, 323(3), 1995, pp. 299-304
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Physical
Journal title
Surface science → ACNP
ISSN journal
00396028
Volume
323
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
299 - 304
Database
ISI
SICI code
0039-6028(1995)323:3<299:ABAHFF>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
Scanning tunneling microscopy observations of the initial growth of Au on Ag(110) at room temperature reveal unusual features not reported i n previous studies of this system; both islands (positive growth) and holes (negative growth) are observed simultaneously. These results are compared with the growth of Ag on Ag(110) for which no holes are obse rved. This hole formation is associated with Au adatoms penetrating th e surface and moving into atomic sites in the layer below the surface.