Scanning tunneling microscopy and photoemission studies of surface growth and defect formation

STM, synchrotron core-level photoemission, and RHEED were used to examine the room temperature growth of Au on Ag(110) in two separate studies. In the first study of this system, which used only core-level photoemission and electron diffraction, substitution of Au for Ag in the subsurface layer was found to be an important process for the initial adsorption and the subsequent multilayer growth. This finding will be compared with two recent models: (1) a bilayer growth model based on an ion scattering study, and (2) a model of pure Au growth on a Ag/Au inverted layer based on a previous scanning tunneling microscopy study and a reinterpretation of the ion scattering data.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Physics

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Hirschorn, Eric Scott

Contributors dc:contributor

• Chiang, Tai-Chang

• Physics, Condensed Matter

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1994 Hirschorn, Eric Scott

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9512395
(UMI)AAI9512395

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