HOW SENSITIVE IS EPITAXIAL-GROWTH TO ADSORBATES

Authors
KALFF M COMSA G MICHELY T
Citation
M. Kalff et al., HOW SENSITIVE IS EPITAXIAL-GROWTH TO ADSORBATES, Physical review letters, 81(6), 1998, pp. 1255-1258
Citations number
28
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
81
Issue
6
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1255 - 1258
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1998)81:6<1255:HSIETA>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
CO coverages as low as 10(-3) monolayers-which may result from backgro und partial pressures in the low 10(-11) mbar range-are found to affec t island shapes, island densities, step-edge barriers for adatoms and film roughness during homoepitaxial growth on Pt(111). The effects are traced to preferential adsorption of CO molecules on low coordinated Pt atoms.