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    Thin gold films grown in ultra high vacuum on mica substrates

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    Date

    2003

    Author

    Rezlescu, Laura Elena

    Degree

    Master of Science

    Discipline

    Physics

    Subject

    Thin films

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    Abstract

    In-situ evaporation was used to deposit thin gold films (640 A) on mica substrates held at room temperature. The samples were characterized by Auger Electron Spectroscopy (AES) and Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM) measurements. The deposition of gold on mica without pre-anneal of the mica substrate resulted in a grainy surface with an average grain size of -220 A. The evolution of the average grain size as a function of mica pre-deposition baking time and deposition rate was investigated. It was found that long bake-outs (48 hours or more), and low deposition rates (0.2 A/s) increased the average dimension of gold grains by a factor of 5 relative to the films evaporated onto unannealed mica. Post-annealing a film deposited at room temperature promoted grain enlargement and enhanced (111) termination. The thermal annealing treatments were done at temperatures between 80 and 340°C, and for periods of time ranging from 1 to 12 hours. In addition to prolonged annealing, /n-s/fu flash annealing produced surfaces with highly crystalline terraces extending for as much as 5000 A. Flashing experiments were carried out at temperatures between 300 and 650°C. Below 350°C, flash annealed and as grown films were visually similar.

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