Functional nanostructures through nanosecond laser dewetting of thin metal films

JOM

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 37-42

  Krishna, H ^a   Favazza, C ^a   Gangopadhyay, A K ^a   Kalyanaraman, R ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; LASERS; NANOSTRUCTURES; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SMELTING;

DEWETTING; EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; FUNCTIONAL NANOSTRUCTURES; LENGTH SCALES; METALLIC STRUCTURES; NANOSCALE; NANOSECOND LASERS; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; PULSED LASER MELTING; SPINODAL; THIN METAL FILMS;

ULTRATHIN FILMS;

EID: 56349160776     PISSN: 10474838     EISSN: 15431851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11837-008-0115-y     Document Type: Review

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