Pulsed laser dewetting of patterned thin metal films: A means of directed assembly

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 22, 2008, Pages

  Rack, Philip D ^a,b   Guan, Yingfeng ^a   Fowlkes, Jason D ^b   Melechko, Anatoli V ^b   Simpson, Michael L ^a,b  

^a University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUIDS; LASER BEAMS; LASER FUSION; LASER PULSES; LASERS; METALLIC FILMS; NICKEL; NICKEL ALLOYS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; SMELTING;

(E ,3E) PROCESS; AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS (AIP); CURVATURE (SORI); DE-WETTING; DIRECTED ASSEMBLY; IN-PLANE (IP); LASER ENERGY DENSITY; MELTING THRESHOLD; NICKEL FILMS; PATTERN FORMATIONS; PULSED LASERS; RE-SOLIDIFICATION; RETRACTION VELOCITY; THIN METAL FILMS;

PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 44849084052     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2939436     Document Type: Article

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