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Greene, Joseph E. Kodambaka, Suneel Kumar 2015-09-25T20:52:43Z 2015-09-25T20:52:43Z 10000-01-01 2002 2002 During the course of my research, I have developed methods to grow atomically-smooth TiN(001) and (111) single-crystal layers with simple well-defined single-atom-high 2D island configurations on large atomically-smooth terraces. I used in situ scanning tunneling microscopy to study time- and temperature-dependent 2D island coarsening/decay kinetics, obtain 2D equilibrium island shapes, and follow temporal fluctuations of island shapes on both TiN(001) and (111) surfaces. I have developed a combination of experimental and theoretical techniques to analyze the surface dynamics measurements and determined adatom surface transport parameters, step energies, step stiffnesses, and kink formation energies on TiN(001) and TiN(111) surfaces. Made available in DSpace on 2015-09-25T20:52:43Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license.txt: 4848 bytes, checksum: 96035ab3f5e1c23cc7138a224ce498bd (MD5) 3070354.pdf: 5278175 bytes, checksum: 69f807132dbdda491b67fb97f3df5803 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2002 Embargo set by: Seth Robbins for item 84012 Lift date: Forever Reason: Restricted to the U of I community idenfinitely during batch ingest of legacy ETDs Restricted to the U of I community idenfinitely during batch ingest of legacy ETDs U of I Only 132 p. Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/82731 (MiAaPQ)AAI3070354 eng Engineering, Materials Science In Situ High-Temperature Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Studies of Early Stage Growth Kinetics During Titanium Nitride Epitaxy text Materials Science and Engineering Materials Science and Engineering University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dissertation Ph.D.