Concentric ring pattern formation in heated chromium-gold thin films on silicon

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 21, 2008, Pages

  Randhawa, Jatinder S ^a   Bernfeld, Adam ^a,c   Keung, Michael ^a   Volinsky, Alex A ^b   Gracias, David H ^a  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b University of South Florida   (United States)

^c DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTION-DIFFUSION SYSTEMS; CONCENTRIC RING PATTERN FORMATION;

CHROMIUM ALLOYS; EUTECTICS; GOLD; HEAT TREATMENT; SUBSTRATES; THERMAL EVAPORATION;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 44449125284     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2937309     Document Type: Article

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