Thickness-dependent spontaneous dewetting morphology of ultrathin Ag films

Nanotechnology

Volumn 21, Issue 15, 2010, Pages

  Krishna, H ^a   Sachan, R ^b   Strader, J ^b   Favazza, C ^a   Khenner, M ^c   Kalyanaraman, R ^b,d  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Tennessee   (United States)

^c WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AG FILMS; BICONTINUOUS STRUCTURES; CHARACTERISTIC LENGTH; DE-WETTING; INTERMEDIATE STAGE; INTERMOLECULAR FORCES; MORPHOLOGICAL TRANSITIONS; NANOMORPHOLOGIES; NANOSECOND LASERS; OPTICAL APPLICATIONS; SPINODAL DEWETTING; SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN; THEORY PREDICTIONS; ULTRA-THIN;

CHEMICAL BONDS; MAGNETIC FILMS; MORPHOLOGY; POLYMER FILMS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; ULTRATHIN FILMS;

SILVER;

EID: 77949895135     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/21/15/155601     Document Type: Article

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