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The Low-temperature Initial Oxidation Stages of Cu(100) Investigated by in situ Ultra-high-vacuum Transmission Electron Microscopy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2005

L. Sun  and
J.C. Yang
L. Sun*
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261
J.C. Yang
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261
*
a)Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: lis14@pitt.edu
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Abstract

The nucleation and growth of Cu2O islands due to Cu(100) oxidation at temperatures from 200 to 350 °C have been observed by in situ ultra-high-vacuum transmission electron microscopy. For this temperature range, epitaxial Cu2O islands form a triangular shape with rounded edges when Cu(100) is exposed to dry oxygen at 5 × 10−4 Torr in situ. Our initial analysis on the nucleation and growth of these three-dimensional Cu2O islands agrees well with the heteroepitaxial model of surface diffusion of oxygen.

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Nucleation & growthTransmission electron microscopy (TEM)
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 20 , Issue 7 , July 2005 , pp. 1910 - 1917
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2005

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