Ultra-thin oxide films on SiO2: An STM study of their thermal stability in the presence of Au deposit

The annealing of Au particles deposited onto the ultrathin layers of SiO2 on Si (111) has been studied in real time with a high temperature scanning tunnelling microscopy. Annealing did not create significant changes to the morphology of the surface until the surface was heated up to more than 920 K...

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Main Authors: Wang, J, Mitchell, C, Egdell, R, Foord, J
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2002