Published February 1, 1988
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Journal article
Columnar growth in thin films
- 1. Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545 ience and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
Description
A theory for the growth of columnar microstructures in thin films is presented. The zone-I to zone-II transition temperature is predicted. The surface morphology and the columnar grain structure are obtained both analytically and numerically, and the scaling behavior of the columnar grain size with film thickness is derived. Monte Carlo simulations are used to follow the evolution of the three-dimensional zone-II microsctuctures and to account for the formation of film texture. These results agree with experimental observations
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Phys. Rev. Lett.
- Journal Volume
- 60
- Journal Issue
- 5
- Series
- Phys. Rev. Lett.
- Journal Page Range
- 424-427
- ISSN
- 0031-9007
- CODEN
- PRLTA
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 19037928
- Subject category
- S75: CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY;
- Descriptors DEI
- ANALYTICAL SOLUTION; CRITICAL TEMPERATURE; CRYSTAL GROWTH; GRANULAR MATERIALS; MICROSTRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; SCALING LAWS; TEXTURE; THIN FILMS
- Descriptors DEC
- CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FILMS; MATERIALS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE