Theoretical analysis of the growth mode for thin metallic films on oxide substrates

David Fuks; Simon Dorfman; Eugene A. Kotomin; Yuri F. Zhukovskii; A. Marshall Stoneham

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.4333

Theoretical analysis of the growth mode for thin metallic films on oxide substrates

David Fuks
, Simon Dorfman
, Eugene A. Kotomin
, Yuri F. Zhukovskii
, A. Marshall Stoneham

Laboratory of Kinetics in Self-Organizing Systems, Institute of Solid State Physics

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Osnabrück University
Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research
University of Latvia
University College London

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Abstract

A thermodynamic formalism based on ab initio supercell calculations of metal/oxide interfaces for metal superstructures with low surface coverages is presented. Relevant analysis for the Ag/MgO shows that monolayer metal film could grow via the spinodal decomposition mode.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	4333-4336
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	85
Issue number	20
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.4333
Publication status	Published - 13 Nov 2000

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