Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Surface structure of silver thin films on In2O3:Sn and Al2O †3

  • Special Section on “Utilization of Tungsten Resources In India: Present Status And Future Prospects”
  • Published:
Bulletin of Materials Science Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

Surface structure of thin silver films (200 Å) on two technologically important films, indium tin oxide (ITO) and aluminium oxide, has been studied using scanning tunneling microscope. ITO films were prepared by reactive electron beam evaporation. Aluminium oxide films were prepared by oxidizing 2000 Å thick aluminium films evaporated on to H2 terminated single crystal silicon substrates. The surface structure of silver on ITO and aluminium oxide appeared to be same and was characteristic of Stranski-Krastanov type. The observed asymmetry in the island shape was attributed to the anisotropic nature of the strain fields surrounding the nucleation centres.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  • Chopra K L 1969Thin film phenomena (New York: Mc Graw-Hill)

    Google Scholar 

  • Gimzewski J K, Humbert A, Bednorz J G and Reihl B 1985Phys. Rev. Lett. 55 51

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Hamberg I and Granqvist C G 1986J. Appl. Phys. 60 R123

    Google Scholar 

  • Kaiser J and Bell L D 1988Phys. Rev. Lett. 60 1406

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Komiyama M, Kirino M and Kurokawa H 1994J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B12 1869

    Google Scholar 

  • Kubby J A and Greene W J 1994J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A12 2009

    Google Scholar 

  • Rao M V H and Mathur B K 1991Indian J. Pure & Appl. Phys. 31 574

    Google Scholar 

  • Van De Leemput L E C, Van Bentum P J M, Schreurs L W M and Van Kempen H 1988Physica C152 99

    Google Scholar 

  • Weisendanger 1994Scanning probe microscopy and spectroscopy 1994 (Cambridge: Cambridge University press)

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Physics and Meterology, Indian Institute of Technology, 721 302, Kharagpur, India

    S Kasiviswanathan, P S Asoka Kumar, B K Mathur & K L Chopra

Authors
  1. S Kasiviswanathan
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. P S Asoka Kumar
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. B K Mathur
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. K L Chopra
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Additional information

Paper presented at the poster session of MRSI AGM VI, Kharagpur, 1995

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Kasiviswanathan, S., Asoka Kumar, P.S., Mathur, B.K. et al. Surface structure of silver thin films on In2O3:Sn and Al2O †3 . Bull. Mater. Sci. 19, 411–416 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02744677

Download citation

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02744677

Keywords

Search

Navigation