Abstract
An automatic fixture for polishing a single crystal on a mechanical polishing machine has been designed and tested on a soft metal, aluminum. Crystal radii of the order of 3 m may be achieved without personal attention to the polishing work, minimizing the atomic step density due to crystal curvature.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 362-363 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology, Part A: Vacuum, Surfaces and Films |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue number | 2 |
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| State | Published - Mar 2005 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Funding
The authors acknowledge, with thanks, the support from the W. M. Keck Foundation to the W. M. Keck Center for Molecular Electronics, located in the Surface Science Center.