Surface structure of silver thin films on In2O3:Sn and Al2O 3 † |
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Authors: | S Kasiviswanathan P S Asoka Kumar B K Mathur K L Chopra |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Physics and Meterology, Indian Institute of Technology, 721 302 Kharagpur, India |
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Abstract: | Surface structure of thin silver films (200 Å) on two technologically important films, indium tin oxide (ITO) and aluminium oxide, has been studied using scanning tunneling microscope. ITO films were prepared by reactive electron beam evaporation. Aluminium oxide films were prepared by oxidizing 2000 Å thick aluminium films evaporated on to H2 terminated single crystal silicon substrates. The surface structure of silver on ITO and aluminium oxide appeared to be same and was characteristic of Stranski-Krastanov type. The observed asymmetry in the island shape was attributed to the anisotropic nature of the strain fields surrounding the nucleation centres. |
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Keywords: | STM ITO thin films |
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