Grand canonical Monte Carlo simulations of intergranular glassy films in β silicon nitride

Materials Science and Engineering: A

Volumn 422, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 123-135

  Hudson, T S ^a   Nguyen Manh, D ^b   van Duin, A C T ^c   Sutton, A P ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b CULHAM SCIENCE CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Amorphous; Grand canonical ensemble; Interatomic potential; Monte Carlo; Silicon nitride; Thin film

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS FILMS; COMPOSITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FILM PREPARATION; GRANULAR MATERIALS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MONTE CARLO METHODS;

GRAND CANONICAL ENSEMBLE; INTERATOMIC POTENTIAL; INTERGRANULAR GLASSY FILMS;

SILICON NITRIDE;

AMORPHOUS FILMS; COMPOSITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FILM PREPARATION; GRANULAR MATERIALS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MONTE CARLO METHODS; SILICON NITRIDE;

EID: 33645950105     PISSN: 09215093     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.msea.2006.01.014     Document Type: Article

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