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Journal
Description: 
The morphology of epitaxial alloy nanostructures grown on a van der Waals-type WSe2(0001) surface was studied using grazing-incidence small-angle X-ray scattering (GISAXS). Assemblies of 111-oriented islands of (Co,Cr)Pt3 and (Co,Fe)Pt alloys were grown at different deposition temperatures, with nominal thicknesses from 0.1 to 3 nm, resulting in various island densities. Evaluation of the GISAXS patterns indicates that for similar growth conditions CrPt3 islands are flatter than CoPt or FePt islands and exhibit larger island volumes. These features are correlated with the better wetting behaviour and more negative formation enthalpy of the CrPt3 alloy. For dense arrays of self-assembled CoPt islands, much smaller island volumes are extracted from GISAXS experiments than are observed by scanning tunnelling microscope imaging, which indicates that only the upper parts of the islands contribute to the …
Publisher: 
International Union of Crystallography
Publication date: 
1 Dec 2011
Authors: 

Mireille Maret, Fabiola Liscio, Denys Makarov, J-P Simon, Yves Gauthier, Manfred Albrecht

Biblio References: 
Volume: 44 Issue: 6 Pages: 1173-1181
Origin: 
Journal of Applied Crystallography