Simultaneous formation of surface ripples and metallic nanodots induced by phase decomposition and focused ion beam patterning

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 2006, Pages

  Lian, Jie ^a   Zhou, Wei ^b   Wei, Q M ^a   Wang, L M ^a   Boatner, L A ^c   Ewing, Rodney C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOCUSED ION BEAM PATTERNING; ION BEAM-INDUCED PHASE DECOMPOSITION; PHASE DECOMPOSITION; SURFACE RIPPLES;

CADMIUM; FABRICATION; ION BOMBARDMENT; MORPHOLOGY;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 33644673795     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2181203     Document Type: Article

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