G. Fuchs et al., FILMS OF CONTROLLED NANOSIZE GRAINS DEPOSITED BY LOW-ENERGY CLUSTER BEAM, Zeitschrift fur Physik. D, Atoms, molecules and clusters, 26, 1993, pp. 249-251
Effects of low-energy cluster beam deposition (LECBD) on the growth of
thin films are presented. According to TEM results, LECBD antimony fi
lms are the result of random packing of the incident clusters. We show
that the ''pavement of the surface substrate'' previously observed in
the first stage of film growth is still a valid model for thick films
. With low compactness and the high roughness which characterize LECBD
films, specific applications are suggested.