4 papers
Crystal Truncation Rods from Miscut Surfaces with Alternating Terminations
Guangxu Ju, Dongwei Xu, Carol Thompson +5
Miscut surfaces of layered crystals can exhibit a stair-like sequence of terraces having periodic variation in their atomic structure. For hexagonal close-packed and related crysta…
Dynamics of Atomic Steps on GaN (0001) during Vapor Phase Epitaxy
Guangxu Ju, Dongwei Xu, Carol Thompson +5
Images of the morphology of GaN (0001) surfaces often show half-unit-cell-height steps separating a sequence of terraces having alternating large and small widths. This can be expl…
In Situ Microbeam Surface X-ray Scattering Reveals Alternating Step Kinetics During Crystal Growth
Guangxu Ju, Dongwei Xu, Carol Thompson +5
The stacking sequence of hexagonal close-packed and related crystals typically results in steps on vicinal {0001} surfaces that have alternating A and B structures with different g…
A First-Year Research Experience: The Freshman Project in Physics at Loyola University Chicago
Jonathan Bougie, Asim Gangopadhyaya, Sherita Moses +3
Undergraduate research has become an essential mode of engaging and retaining students in physics. At Loyola University Chicago, first-year physics students have been participating…