COMPUTATIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES OF GRAIN-GROWTH Conference Paper

abstract

• ABSTRACTThis paper addresses the validity of the single particle growth law rn-r0n=Kt in describing the formation of 3D grains during the vapor deposition of thin metal films, especially with respect to the value of the exponent n. Computer simulations based on the Huygens construction showed that the grain size distribution at full surface coverage did not depend significantly on the specific model chosen for initiating growth from nuclei. The particle size distributions obtained experimentally by STM measurements of thin Au films deposited on glass substrates agreed very well with the simulation results for n=2.

authors

• Williams, R. Stanley

published proceedings

• POLYCRYSTALLINE THIN FILMS: STRUCTURE, TEXTURE, PROPERTIES AND APPLICATIONS

author list (cited authors)

• NGO, T. T., AHMADI, R., TALIN, A. A., & WILLIAMS, R. S.

citation count

• 1

complete list of authors

• NGO, TT||AHMADI, R||TALIN, AA||WILLIAMS, RS

publication date

• January 1994

publisher

• Springer Nature  Publisher

published in

• MRS Online Proceedings Library  Journal

keywords

• 40 Engineering
• 4016 Materials Engineering
• 4018 Nanotechnology

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1557/PROC-343-77

International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 10

• 1-55899-243-X

start page

• 77

end page

• 82

volume

• 343

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1557/proc-343-77