Effect of grain shape on the agglomeration of polycrystalline thin films

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Bouville, Mathieu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; ANISOTROPY; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS;

GRAIN BOUNDARY GROOVING; POLYCRYSTALLINE THIN FILMS;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 33846979079     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2454452     Document Type: Article

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