VISUALIZATION OF THE RECONSTRUCTION OF A SILVER FILM ON SILICON

Authors
PRONIN II FARADZHEV NS GOMOYUNOVA MV
Citation
Ii. Pronin et al., VISUALIZATION OF THE RECONSTRUCTION OF A SILVER FILM ON SILICON, Technical physics letters, 23(2), 1997, pp. 142-143
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied
Journal title
Technical physics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
10637850
Volume
23
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
142 - 143
Database
ISI
SICI code
1063-7850(1997)23:2<142:VOTROA>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
In this investigation the focusing of medium-energy electrons is used to visualize the thermally activated reconstruction of a thin film of silver (6 monolayers) deposited on a Si(lll)-7x7 surface at room tempe rature. It is shown that the initial unannealed film consists of Ag(11 1) domains of two types, mutually misoriented in azimuth by 180 degree s. When the sample is heated to 350-400 degrees C, the film recrystall izes and a single-domain epitaxial layer of Ag(lll) is formed. (C) 199 7 American Institute of Physics.