ISBN 9783843902847

978-3-8439-0284-7, Reihe Physik

Daniel F. Förster
EuO and Eu on metal crystals and graphene: interface effects and epitaxial films

209 Seiten, Dissertation Universität Köln (2011), Softcover, A4

Zusammenfassung / Abstract

Growth of the ferromagnetic semiconductor EuO was studied on the metal crystals Ni(100) and Ir(111) and on graphene. Primarily, characterisation was done by means of in-situ scanning tunnelling microscopy and low energy electron diffraction. The epitaxy on the metal crystals is strongly influenced by interface effects which lead to a complicated growth behaviour in the sub-monolayer regime, especially on Ni(100). Therefore, also films of sub-monolayer thickness were analysed in detail for these substrates.