Electrochemical defect-mediated thin-film growth

Karl Sieradzki, S. R. Brankovic, N. Dimitrov

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Abstract

An electrode position technique is described that produces atomically flat epitaxial metal overlayers of quality similar to that obtained by ultrahigh vacuum techniques at elevated temperature. In this approach, a metal of interest such as silver is co-deposited with a reversibly deposited mediator metal The mediator is periodically deposited and stripped from the surface, and this serves to significantly increase the density of two- dimensional islands of silver atoms, promoting a layer-by-layer thin-film growth mode. In situ scanning tunneling microscopy was used to demonstrate the growth process for the heteroepitaxial system silver/gold (111) with either lead or copper as the mediator.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)138-141
Number of pages4
JournalScience
Volume284
Issue number5411
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2 1999

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