Epitaxy of Pt thin films on (001) MgO - II: Orientation evolution from nucleation through coalescence

Acta Materialia

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 879-887

  McIntyre, P C ^a,b   Maggiore, C J ^a   Nastasi, M ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b TEXAS INSTRUMENTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COALESCENCE; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; FILM GROWTH; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; MAGNESIA; NUCLEATION; PLATINUM;

FILM SUBSTRATE INTERFACE ENERGY; FILM SURFACE ENERGY MINIMIZATION; GRAIN BOUNDARY MOTION; ORIENTATION SELECTION; VOLMER-WEBER MODE;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 0031076937     PISSN: 13596454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-6454(96)00183-8     Document Type: Article

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