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Influence of Substrate Steps on the Orientation of Nuclei in Thin Deposits of Gold on Rocksalt
Author(s) -
Grünbaum E.,
Matthews J. W.
Publication year - 1965
Publication title -
physica status solidi (b)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1521-3951
pISSN - 0370-1972
DOI - 10.1002/pssb.19650090308
Subject(s) - torr , cleavage (geology) , epitaxy , substrate (aquarium) , transmission electron microscopy , materials science , ultra high vacuum , chloride , sodium , chemistry , crystallography , nanotechnology , metallurgy , composite material , geology , physics , oceanography , layer (electronics) , fracture (geology) , thermodynamics
Gold was condensed in ultra‐high vacuum (pressure < 2 × 10 −9 Torr) onto vacuum cleaved sodium chloride. The deposits were backed with carbon, and after the substrate had been dissolved in water, they were examined in a transmission electron microsope to determine the influence that the cleavage steps on the salt surface had on the epitaxial alignment of gold nuclei. The observations showed that the presence of steps did not significantly influence the orientation of gold nuclei.