Characterization and control of microstructure in combinatorially prepared aluminum-silicon thin film nanocomposites

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1221-1228

  Olk, Charles H ^a   Haddad, D B ^a  

^a GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; AMORPHOUS SILICON; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SILICON; SPUTTER DEPOSITION; THIN FILMS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

COMPOSITIONALLY GRADED FILMS; PHASE DISTRIBUTION;

BINARY ALLOYS;

EID: 33746494163     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2006.0164     Document Type: Article

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