Fuks, D;
Dorfman, S;
Zhukovskii, YF;
Kotomin, EA;
Stoneham, AM;
(2002)
Theory of the growth mode for a thin metallic film on an insulating substrate.
Surface Science
, 499
(1)
24 - 40.
10.1016/S0039-6028(01)01692-2.
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Abstract
We have developed a novel theory predicting the growth mode of a thin metallic film on an insulating substrate. This combines ab initio electronic structure calculations for several ordered metal/insulator interfaces (varying both coverage and substrate lattice constant). with a thermodynamic approach based on microscopic calculations. We illustrate this approach for Ag film deposited on MgO(00 1) substrate. Ab initio calculations predict high mobility of adsorbed silver atoms on the perfect magnesia surface even at low temperatures, Our theoretical analysis clearly demonstrates that the growth of metallic islands is predominant at the initial stage of silver deposition, which agrees with the experimental data. (C) 2001 Published by Elsevier Science B.V.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Theory of the growth mode for a thin metallic film on an insulating substrate |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/S0039-6028(01)01692-2 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0039-6028(01)01692-2 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Text made available to UCL Discovery by kind permission of Elsevier B.V., 2012 |
| Keywords: | Ab initio quantum chemical methods and calculations, equilibrium thermodynamics and statistical mechanics, growth, coatings, magnesium oxides, silver, RAY DIFFUSE-SCATTERING, MGO(001) SURFACE, AB-INITIO, CERAMIC INTERFACES, OXIDE SURFACES, AG/MGO(001) INTERFACE, ELECTRONIC-STRUCTURE, EQUILIBRIUM DIAGRAM, CORRELATION-ENERGY, MGO(100) SURFACE |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/129091 |
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