Some further microstructural characteristics of face-centered cubic polycrystalline metal thin films

Journal of Electronic Materials

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 987-995

  Singh, Varun V ^a   King, Alexander H ^a   Dixit, Girish ^b  

^a Stony Brook University   (United States)

^b TEXAS INSTRUMENTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminum; Gold; Grain boundaries; Grain boundary character distribution; Texture; Thin films

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001955332     PISSN: 03615235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11664-997-0235-0     Document Type: Article

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