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Electrical Activity of Surface Steps on a Sapphire Crystal Substrate for Epitaxy

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The influence of charged sapphire steps on gold, ZnO, and CdTe nanoislands formed on the surface of Al2O3 under vacuum condensation is discussed. Electrically active surface steps are interpreted as a particular case of electrical boundaries existing on dielectric crystal surfaces. The interaction between an uncharged dome-shaped nanoisland and a uniformly charged step is estimated.

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  1. Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography, Federal Scientific Research Centre “Crystallography and Photonics”, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119333, Russia

    V. P. Vlasov, V. M. Kanevsky, A. V. Butashin & A. E. Muslimov

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Original Russian Text © V.P. Vlasov, V.M. Kanevsky, A.V. Butashin, A.E. Muslimov, 2018, published in Poverkhnost’, 2018, No. 10, pp. 92–95.

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Vlasov, V.P., Kanevsky, V.M., Butashin, A.V. et al. Electrical Activity of Surface Steps on a Sapphire Crystal Substrate for Epitaxy. J. Surf. Investig. 12, 1018–1021 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1134/S102745101805035X

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