Polycrystalline oxides formation during transient oxidation of (001) Cu-Ni binary alloys studied by in situ TEM and XRD

Materials at High Temperatures

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-7

  Yang, Judith C ^a   Li, Zhouqun ^a   Sun, Li ^a   Zhou, Guangwen ^b   Eastman, Jeffrey A ^c   Fong, Dillon D ^c   Fuoss, Paul H ^c   Baldo, Pete M ^c   Rehn, Lynn E ^c   Thompson, Loren J ^c  

^a PA 15260   (United States)

^b State University of New York at Binghamton   (United States)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Copper; Cu2O; In situ synchrotron X ray diffraction; In situ ultra high vacuum transmission electron microscope; Nickel; NiO; Oxidation; Thin film

Indexed keywords

ALLOY SURFACES; CU-NI ALLOYS; IN-SITU; IN-SITU SYNCHROTRONS; IN-SITU TEM; IN-SITU XRD; NIO; NUCLEATION AND GROWTH; NUCLEATION STAGES; POLYCRYSTALLINE; POLYCRYSTALLINE OXIDES; TEM; TRANSIENT OXIDATIONS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; XRD;

BINARY ALLOYS; COPPER ALLOYS; DIFFRACTION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; GOLD; NICKEL; NICKEL ALLOYS; NUCLEATION; OXIDATION; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WIRES; SURFACE SEGREGATION; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; SYNCHROTRONS; THIN FILM DEVICES; THIN FILMS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VACUUM; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

COPPER;

EID: 72349096901     PISSN: 09603409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3184/096034009X435700     Document Type: Article

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