Pulsed laser induced self-organization by dewetting of metallic films

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 154-169

  Krishna, H ^a   Shirato, N ^b   Favazza, C ^a   Kalyanaraman, R ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Tennessee   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIC MECHANISM; CHARACTERISTIC LENGTH; DE-WETTING; ENERGY RATES; FILM ROUGHNESS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION STORAGE; INTERMOLECULAR FORCES; LASER INDUCED; LASER MELTING; LENGTH SCALE; METAL FILM; METALLIC STRUCTURES; METALLIC SURFACE; NANO SCALE; NANO-MANUFACTURING; NANOMORPHOLOGIES; NANOSCALE HEATING; NANOSECOND PULSED LASER; SELF-ORGANIZATIONS; SPINODALS; SYSTEM CONTROL; THERMODYNAMIC FREE-ENERGY; ULTRA-THIN;

CHEMICAL BONDS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DATA PROCESSING; ENERGY DISSIPATION; ENERGY HARVESTING; FREE ENERGY; HEATING; LASER HEATING; MELTING; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; METALLIC FILMS; METALS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; ULTRAFAST LASERS; ULTRATHIN FILMS;

PULSED LASERS;

EID: 79952423370     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2010.17     Document Type: Review

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