NUCLEATION FROM IONIC MOLECULES IN STRANSKI-KRASTANOV GROWTH OF CUCL ON MGO(001)

Authors
YANASE A SEGAWA Y
Citation
A. Yanase et Y. Segawa, NUCLEATION FROM IONIC MOLECULES IN STRANSKI-KRASTANOV GROWTH OF CUCL ON MGO(001), Applied surface science, 132, 1998, pp. 566-571
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied","Physics, Condensed Matter","Chemistry Physical","Materials Science, Coatings & Films
Journal title
Applied surface science → ACNP
ISSN journal
01694332
Volume
132
Year of publication
1998
Pages
566 - 571
Database
ISI
SICI code
0169-4332(1998)132:<566:NFIMIS>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
The nucleation of islands during Stranski-Krastanov growth of CuCl on MgO(001) is studied by molecular beam epitaxy and atomic force microsc opy. The dependence of island density (N) on deposition flux (R) is an alyzed using the rate equation, for the first time, for a compound-mat erial growth system in which the impinging particles are ionic molecul es. The scaling of N similar to R0.5 +/- 0.1 observed at growth temper atures of 293, 313 and 333 K indicates a critical nucleus size of 2 to 3, leading to the smallest stable island of (Cu3Cl3)(n) (n = 3-4). (C ) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.