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The Determination of Step Heights on the Non-Uhv Heat-Treated MgO (100) Surface by CBED

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

Simon King
Affiliation:
Dept. of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Amundson Hall, 421 Washington Ave. S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55455
Stuart McKernan
Affiliation:
Dept. of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Amundson Hall, 421 Washington Ave. S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55455
C. Barry Carter
Affiliation:
Dept. of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Amundson Hall, 421 Washington Ave. S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55455
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Abstract

Conditions are established whereby step heights may be measured in the acid-washed and air-annealed MgO single-crystals currently employed as substrates for pulsed-laser-deposition. Preliminary data indicates that the steps are typically a few nanometers in height.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1993

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