TY - RPRT TI - Au assisted smooth ultrathin epitaxial ZnO film grown by pulsed laser deposition on sapphire(0001) AU - Chen, Xuegang [Anhui University, Hefei (China)] AU - Sun, Zhaofei [Anhui University, Hefei (China)] AU - Wang, Guoliang [Sun Yat-Sen Univ., Shenzhen (China)] AU - Huang, Jijie [Sun Yat-Sen Univ., Shenzhen (China)] AU - Qiao, Xurong [Xi'an Jiaotong Univ., Shaanxi (China)] AU - Zhang, Zhen [Xi'an Jiaotong Univ., Shaanxi (China)] AU - Li, Tao [Xi'an Jiaotong Univ., Shaanxi (China)] AU - Zhang, Lihua R. [Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN)] (ORCID:0000000333312345) AU - Kisslinger, Kim [Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN)] AU - Lu, Zonghuan [Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst., Troy, NY (United States)] AU - Dhull, Neha [Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst., Troy, NY (United States)] AU - Lin, Weichang [Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst., Troy, NY (United States)] AU - Lu, Toh-Ming [Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst., Troy, NY (United States)] AU - Wang, Gwo-Ching [Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst., Troy, NY (United States)] PY - 2025 DO - 10.1016/j.apsusc.2025.162760 UR - https://www.osti.gov/biblio/2555710 ID - 2555710 ER -