Thermal stability of Cu nanowires on a sapphire substrate

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Li, Hongwei ^a   Biser, Jeffrey M ^a   Perkins, Jason T ^a   Dutta, Sreya ^a   Vinci, Richard P ^a   Chan, Helen M ^a  

^a Lehigh University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; ELECTRON BEAM LITHOGRAPHY; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; SAPPHIRE; SUBSTRATES; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

METAL NANOWIRES; RAYLEIGH INSTABILITY THEORY;

NANOWIRES;

EID: 38849102331     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2837053     Document Type: Article

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