Ag growth on N-modified Cu(111) surfaces: potential three-dimensional quantum confinement structures

Authors
York, SM Jenkins, CR Silva, SL Leibsle, FM
Citation
Sm. York et al., Ag growth on N-modified Cu(111) surfaces: potential three-dimensional quantum confinement structures, SURF SCI, 464(2-3), 2000, pp. L752-L758
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Physical Chemistry/Chemical Physics
Journal title
SURFACE SCIENCE
ISSN journal
00396028 → ACNP
Volume
464
Issue
2-3
Year of publication
2000
Pages
L752 - L758
Database
ISI
SICI code
0039-6028(20001001)464:2-3<L752:AGONCS>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
Scanning tunneling microscopy has been used to study the growth of Ag on cl ean and N-modified Cu(lll) surfaces. N forms elongated rectangular islands on Cu(111) surfaces. These islands can cordon on areas of the dean surface. Deposited AE is found to grow in a layer-by-layer fashion in these confine d areas. Using this method, we have created three-dimensional Ag islands wi th thicknesses for which one could expect quantum well behavior to occur. ( C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.