Thin film morphology: Equilibrium between clusters and uniform layers at non-zero temperatures

Autor: Marcia H. Grabow, Martin Zinke-Allmang, Leonard C. Feldman
Rok vydání: 1988
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Zdroj: Surface Science. 200:L427-L432
ISSN: 0039-6028
DOI: 10.1016/0039-6028(88)90419-0
Popis: A common form of thin film growth involves clustering on either a bare substrate (Volmer-Weber growth) or on an initial uniform layer (Stranski-Krastanov growth). In this paper we show that at non-zero temperature the clusters must be accompanied by an additional, temperature dependent, adsorbed layer which forms a uniform background in the Volmer-Weber case and adds to the temperature independent component in the Stranski-Krastanov case.
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