Growth and photoemission studies of Ag nano®lms on pseudomorphic fcc Fe(1 0 0)

The successful growth of Ag nano®lms on pseudomorphic metastable-fcc-phase Fe(1 0 0) substrates is reported. We have carried out a photoemission study of the Ag nano®lms prepared on pseudomorphic fcc Fe(1 0 0). From these results, it is found that the present Ag nano®lms were grown in the direction of [1 1 1] on pseudomorphic fcc Fe(1 0 0) substrates. From the detailed photoemission spectra, we discuss the quantized electronic structure in Ag nano®lm grown on pseudomorphic fcc Fe(1 0 0). # 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved