DENSE RANDOM PACKING FORMATION OF GOLD-BASED FILM CHARACTERIZED BY SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPE

Authors
MA JX HAN M ZHANG HQ GONG YC GONG YC WANG GH
Citation
Jx. Ma et al., DENSE RANDOM PACKING FORMATION OF GOLD-BASED FILM CHARACTERIZED BY SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPE, Applied physics letters, 65(12), 1994, pp. 1513-1515
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied
Journal title
Applied physics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00036951
Volume
65
Issue
12
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1513 - 1515
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6951(1994)65:12<1513:DRPFOG>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
Gold films prepared by neutral gold cluster deposition on the HF-treat ed Si(111) surface in a static argon atmosphere of 50 Pa have been cha racterized by scanning tunneling microscope in air at room temperature . Our studies demonstrate that the gold film is just the staking up of clusters formed in the static argon atmosphere and shows dense random packing formation of clusters. The structure of the gold cluster-base d nanophase film is very compact and stable.