Topology of obliquely coated silicon monoxide layers
- 1 February 1977
- journal article
- letter
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 48 (2) , 831-833
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.323637
Abstract
Silicon monoxide layers, coated at oblique angles of 45°–87° onto indium oxide coated glass substrates, are examined by TEM for angularly dependent surface topology. ’’Striations’’ observed at angles near 81° are discussed in terms of the aligning influence that these features exert upon nematic liquid crystals. Included are photomicrographs of these striations as well as of a ’’scale’’ feature observed at angles greater than 83°. Existence of the ’’scale’’ feature is correlated to previously observed asymmetric diffuse diffraction effects.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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