Discontinuous gold island films on mica

Xiang Yang Zheng, Youzhen Ding, Lawrence A. Bottomley, David P. Allison, Robert J. Warmack

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Abstract

Epitaxial Au films have been deposited on mica substrates at high temperatures (>500 °C) and characterized by scanning tunneling microscopy, atomic force microscopy, and scanning electron microscopy. A critical growth temperature between 540 and 580 °C has been identified. Above this critical temperature, discontinuous films of micron-sized Au island are obtained. The islands have the appearance of microcrystals with interisland spacings ranging from 0.2 to 1.5 μm and atomically flat surfaces similar to continuous Au films.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1320-1324
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of Vacuum Science and Technology B: Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures
Volume13
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - May 1995
Externally publishedYes
EventProceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Nanometer-Scale Science and Technology - Denver, CO, USA
Duration: Oct 24 1994Oct 28 1994

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