Nanocrystals formation and fractal microstructural assessment in Au/Ge bilayer films upon annealing

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 250, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 3-8

  Chen, Z W ^a   Lai, J K L ^a   Shek, C H ^a   Chen, H D ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Au Ge bilayer films; Fractal; HRTEM; Nanocrystal

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFUSION; FRACTALS; GERMANIUM; GOLD; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; MICROSTRUCTURE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NUCLEATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BILAYER FILMS; GROWTH MECHANISM; HRTEM; METAL-INDUCED CRYSTALLIZATION;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 23844454294     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2004.12.022     Document Type: Article

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