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Temperature and Coverage Dependence of the Surface Roughness for the Growth of Cu on Cu(001): An X-ray Scattering Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 March 2011

Cristian E. Botez ,
William C. Elliott ,
Paul F. Miceli  and
Peter W. Stephens
Cristian E. Botez
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211, U.S.A
William C. Elliott
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211, U.S.A
Paul F. Miceli
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211, U.S.A
Peter W. Stephens
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY 11794, U.S.A
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Abstract

Synchrotron X-ray scattering was used to study the temperature and coverage dependence of the root-mean-square (rms) surface roughness, σ, during the homoepitaxial growth on Cu(001). At temperatures between 370 and 160K, the rms roughness was found to increase as a power law, σ =Θβ, with the coverage Θ. The roughness exponent, β, amounts to ∼1/2 for T≤200K, and it monotonically decreases with increasing T, reaching β∼1/3 at T=370K. The mean-square roughness measured at a constant coverage of 15ML, σ2 15 ML, also depends on the temperature of the substrate: between 370 and 200K, σ2 15 ML becomes progressively larger at lower temperatures, but at 110K a reentrant smoother growth is observed.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 672: Symposium O – Mechanisms of Surface and Microstructure Evolution in Deposited Films and Film Structures , 2001 , O1.5
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2001

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