Substrate-enhanced supercooling in AuSi eutectic droplets

Nature

Volumn 464, Issue 7292, 2010, Pages 1174-1177

  Schulli T U ^a,b   Daudin, R ^a   Renaud, G ^a   Vaysset, A ^a   Geaymond, O ^c   Pasturel, A ^d  

^a CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^b EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD; SILICON;

CRYSTALLIZATION; DROPLET; FLUIDIZATION; GOLD; MELTING; SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY; SILICON; STABILIZATION; SUBSTRATE; SUPERCOOLING; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; CRYSTALLIZATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 77951531473     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature08986     Document Type: Article

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