Scanning tunnelling microscopy observations of the evolution of small-scale topography on gold surfaces following irradiation with low-energy argon ions

V. Vishnyakov; S. E. Donnelly; G. Carter

doi:10.1080/01418639408240203

Scanning tunnelling microscopy observations of the evolution of small-scale topography on gold surfaces following irradiation with low-energy argon ions

V. Vishnyakov, S. E. Donnelly, G. Carter

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Room-temperature irradiation of atomically flat gold films has been observed, using scanning tunnelling microscopy, to give rise to small faceted islands and pits (about 10 nm in lateral dimension and a few monolayers in height) which subsequently evolve by surface diffusion over a period of hours. The evolution on grains with different surface orientations is observed to be markedly different and, in particular, on what appears from symmetry consideration to be a (100) grain, the surface features are apparently in dynamic equilibrium under irradiation and subsequently thermally dissociate by the emission of small mobile clusters of atoms.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	151-157
Number of pages	7
Journal	Philosophical Magazine B: Physics of Condensed Matter; Statistical Mechanics, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Properties
Volume	70
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/01418639408240203
Publication status	Published - Jul 1994
Externally published	Yes

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Vishnyakov, V., Donnelly, S. E., & Carter, G. (1994). Scanning tunnelling microscopy observations of the evolution of small-scale topography on gold surfaces following irradiation with low-energy argon ions. Philosophical Magazine B: Physics of Condensed Matter; Statistical Mechanics, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Properties, 70(1), 151-157. https://doi.org/10.1080/01418639408240203

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Vishnyakov, V, Donnelly, SE & Carter, G 1994, 'Scanning tunnelling microscopy observations of the evolution of small-scale topography on gold surfaces following irradiation with low-energy argon ions', Philosophical Magazine B: Physics of Condensed Matter; Statistical Mechanics, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Properties, vol. 70, no. 1, pp. 151-157. https://doi.org/10.1080/01418639408240203

Scanning tunnelling microscopy observations of the evolution of small-scale topography on gold surfaces following irradiation with low-energy argon ions. / Vishnyakov, V.; Donnelly, S. E.; Carter, G.

In: Philosophical Magazine B: Physics of Condensed Matter; Statistical Mechanics, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Properties, Vol. 70, No. 1, 07.1994, p. 151-157.

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