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Document Type
Article
Journal/Book Title/Conference
Physical Review B
Volume
40
Issue
7
Publisher
American Physical Society
Publication Date
9-1-1989
First Page
4271
Last Page
4277
Abstract
The layer-by-layer growth of solid argon films on graphite at T=10 K is studied using elastic neutron diffraction. The growth is characterized by individual layers with commensurate in-plane lattice constants. As the coverage is increased beyond two layers, evidence of the coexistence of ABC and ABA stacking is apparent, with the ABC sequence dominating as the film thickens. A continuous decrease in the Debye-Waller factor also occurs as the film thickness grows, indicating a crossover from two-dimensional to three-dimensional behavior. As the coverage is increased beyond about four nominal layers, there is evidence of bulk crystallite formation. The diffraction results are compared with equivalent measurements for methane films and with the recent computer simulations of Hruska and Phillips.
Recommended Citation
J. Z. Larese, Q. M. Zhang, L. Passell, J. M. Hastings, JR Dennison, and H. Taub, "Layer-by-layer Growth of Solid ArgonFilms on Graphite as Studied by Neutron Diffraction," Phys. Rev. B 40, 4271-4277 (1989).
Comments
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.40.4271
Published by the American Physical Society in Physical Review B. Publisher PDF is available for download through the link above.