M Ondrejcek et al 2005 J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 17 S1397 doi:10.1088/0953-8984/17/16/010
M Ondrejcek, M Rajappan, W Swiech and C P Flynn
Show affiliationsExperiments are described in which low energy electron microscopy is employed to investigate the kinetics and energetics of clean close-packed metal surfaces, using step fluctuation spectroscopy. The data contain systematic trends of surface mass diffusion and step energetics that are identified and discussed. Further experiments and equipment development have been undertaken to explore the influence of accelerated mixing on surface evolution caused by ion beams, through the resulting kinetic and energetic perturbations of surface processes.
68.35.B- Structure of clean surfaces (and surface reconstruction)
68.35.Fx Diffusion; interface formation
Issue 16 (27 April 2005)
Received 9 December 2004, in final form 9 December 2004
Published 8 April 2005
M Ondrejcek et al 2005 J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 17 S1397
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