Shih, Chih-kang671202252008-08-282017-05-112008-08-282017-05-112005http://hdl.handle.net/2152/1901textelectronicengCopyright is held by the author. Presentation of this material on the Libraries' web site by University Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin was made possible under a limited license grant from the author who has retained all copyrights in the works.Thin filmsMetallic filmsSemiconductorsLow temperature scanning tunneling microscope study of metallic thin films on the semiconductor substratesThesis