Island-to-percolation transition during the room-temperature growth of sputtered nanoscale Pd films on hexagonal SiC

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 107, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Ruffino, F ^a   Grimaldi, M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE; NANO SCALE; PARTIAL COALESCENCE; PD FILM; PERCOLATION TRANSITION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) ISLANDS; WORMLIKE STRUCTURES;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COALESCENCE; MORPHOLOGY; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); PERCOLATION (SOLID STATE); SILICON CARBIDE; SOLVENTS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

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EID: 77951597576     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3361321     Document Type: Article

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