Abstract
The kinetic roughening of Ar+ ion-sputtered Pd(001) surface was investigated. The facet formation on the sputtered surface was studied by tracing the extradiffraction peaks or satellites around the diffraction peaks corresponding to the sample surface. The morphological evolution of the sputtered Pd(001) surface was also investigated by an scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). It was shown that the nanoscale adatom islands form and grow with increasing sputter time.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 246104 |
Pages (from-to) | 246104-1-246104-4 |
Journal | Physical Review Letters |
Volume | 92 |
Issue number | 24 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 18 Jun 2004 |