TY - JOUR
T1 - The back force effect and its influence on sublimation of alkali halide single crystal surfaces
AU - Yacáman, M. José
AU - Ocaña Z., Tito
AU - Sonnemann, Ana María
AU - Hirth, J. P.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported in part by the Consejo National de Ciencia y Tecnologia and Fomento Edu-cacional A.C. and in part (J.P. Hirth) by the US Office of Naval Research.
PY - 1977/1
Y1 - 1977/1
N2 - Sublimation structures at the atomic level were studied on sodium and potassium chloride crystals by the gold decoration technique. Three stages of sublimation were revealed: hole nucleation, spiral-ledge motion, and macroscopic pit formation. The results are in good agreement with recent theories of crystal sublimation by the terrace-ledge-kink model, including those for the back force effect at ledge sources.
AB - Sublimation structures at the atomic level were studied on sodium and potassium chloride crystals by the gold decoration technique. Three stages of sublimation were revealed: hole nucleation, spiral-ledge motion, and macroscopic pit formation. The results are in good agreement with recent theories of crystal sublimation by the terrace-ledge-kink model, including those for the back force effect at ledge sources.
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U2 - 10.1016/0022-0248(77)90141-5
DO - 10.1016/0022-0248(77)90141-5
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:49349131813
SN - 0022-0248
VL - 37
SP - 37
EP - 50
JO - Journal of Crystal Growth
JF - Journal of Crystal Growth
IS - 1
ER -