Growth of silver on MgO(001) and IR optical properties

Autor: Annemarie Pucci, G. Fahsold, F. Meng
Rok vydání: 2005
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Zdroj: physica status solidi (c). 2:3963-3967
ISSN: 1610-1634
DOI: 10.1002/pssc.200562236
Popis: The growth of silver on UHV cleaved MgO(001) at various temperatures is in situ studied with IR spectroscopy followed by ex situ AFM. In the whole substrate-temperature range for silver deposition used in this study (from about 70 K to 500 K) island formation is observed. Continuous films at higher thicknesses may have metallic properties close to typical silver-bulk data. Differences in the IR optical properties are clearly related to the film structure. The results from an IR spectral analysis of transmittance data with a Drude-type model are corroborated by IR spectral features of CO adsorbed on the films, and by AFM pictures. (© 2005 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)
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