Pseudomorphic to orthomorphic growth of Fe films onCu3Au(001)

Generation and recovery of strain in 28Si-implanted pseudomorphic GeSi films on Si(100)

Effects of ion implantation of 320 keV “Si at room temperature in pseudomorphic metastable Ge$i,-, (x-0.04, 0.09, 0.13) layers 170 nm thick grown on Si( 100) wafers were characterized by x-ray double-crystal diffractometry and MeV 4He channeling spectrometry. The damage induced by implantation produces additional compressive strain in the Ge$i, _ x layers, superimposed on the intrinsic compress...

Kinetic limitations in electronic growth of Ag films on Fe(100).

Quantum well (QW) resonances are identified in Ag films on an Fe(100) surface and are used in low energy electron microscopy to monitor film morphology during annealing and growth. We find that Ag films thermally decompose to thicknesses that are stabilized by QW states at the Gamma point. Novel growth morphologies are also observed that highlight the competition between kinetic limitations and...

Growth, structure, and magnetism of fcc Fe ultrathin films on Cu„111... by pulsed laser deposition

Ultrathin Fe films on Cu~111! have been grown by pulsed-laser deposition ~PLD! whose instantaneous deposition rate is about six orders of magnitude larger than that of the conventional molecular-beam epitaxy based on thermal deposition ~TD!. Compared to the TD prepared Fe/Cu~111! films, the PLD films have a significantly improved layer-by-layer morphology and a substantially enhanced stability ...

Magnetic relaxation in Fe-(SiO2) granular films.

Influence of Co and Fe substitution on optical and structural properties of zinc oxide thin films

Zn0.97TM0.03O (TM = Co, Fe) thin films were deposited onto glass substrates by the sol–gel method and the effects of transition metals substitution on structural and optical properties of ZnO films were investigated. The X-ray diffraction patterns revealed that the films have wurtzite structure. Optical transmittance of the films was recorded in the range of 200 -800 nm wave length and the band...