Journal article
Growth of n-alkane films on a single-crystal substrate
In
Chemical Physics Letters
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2001, Volume 348, Issue 3-4, pp. 168-174
Abstract
The structure and growth mode of alkane films (n-C/sub n/H/sub 2n+2/; n=4, 6, 7) adsorbed on a Ag(111) surface have been investigated by synchrotron X-ray scattering. New models are proposed for the butane (n=4) and hexane (n=6) monolayer and butane bilayer structures. Specular reflectivity scans reveal that growth of all films is preempted between two and three layers by nucleation of bulk particles oriented with a single bulk crystal plane parallel to the film.
In the case of butane, the bulk particles also have a fixed azimuthal relationship with the film resulting in complete epitaxy.
| Language: | English |
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| Year: | 2001 |
| Pages: | 168-174 |
| ISSN: | 18734448 and 00092614 |
| Types: | Journal article |
| DOI: | 10.1016/S0009-2614(01)01147-2 |
