Simulations and theory of electromigration-induced slit formation in unpassivated single-crystal metal lines

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 59, Issue 16, 1999, Pages 11037-11046

  Mahadevan, Mohan ^a   Mark Bradley, R ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

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EID: 0001761870     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.59.11037     Document Type: Article

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