Effect of surface stress on Ni segregation in (110) NiAl thin films

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 19, 2004, Pages

  Brown, J A ^a   Mishin, Y ^a  

^a George Mason University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; NICKEL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FILM; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; METAL BINDING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARTICLE SIZE; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS; STEADY STATE; STOICHIOMETRY; STRESS; SURFACE PROPERTY; THICKNESS;

EID: 33847737729     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.69.195407     Document Type: Article

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