Angstrom-level resolution in x-ray-diffraction study of crystal surface structure
Yakimov S. S. , Chaplanov V. A., Afanas'ev A. M., Aleksandrov P. A. , Imamov R. M., Lomov L. A.
It is possible to analyze the structure of extremely thin surface layers of a crystal, with thicknesses on the order of a few interatomic distances. The structure of the surface of a germanium crystal under a film (~ 1 μπι thick) of another material has been studied for the first time.