Surface Steps on α-Alumina Films
- 1 January 1984
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in MRS Proceedings
Abstract
Thin films of α-alumina have been produced by annealing oxide films produced by the thermal oxidation of aluminum substrates. Grains of αalumina which formed in the basal orientation show well-defined surface steps. When these steps move they interact with particles which have nucleated on the surface. Further annealing allows direct observation of the movement of these surface steps.Keywords
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