Phase constitution and interface structure of nano-sized Ag-Cu/AlN multilayers: Experiment and ab initio modeling

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 101, Issue 18, 2012, Pages

  Pigozzi, Giancarlo ^a   Antušek, Andrej ^a,b   Janczak Rusch, Jolanta ^a   Parlinska Wojtan, Magdalena ^a,c   Passerone, Daniele ^a   Antonio Pignedoli, Carlo ^a   Bissig, Vinzenz ^d   Patscheider, Jörg ^a   Jeurgens, Lars P H ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b SLOVAK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Slovakia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RZESZÓW   (Poland)

^d Kirsten Soldering AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AB INITIO CALCULATIONS; AB INITIO MODELING; ALN; ATOMISTIC MODELS; DC SPUTTERING; INTERFACE STRUCTURES; MULTILAYER STACKS; NANOSIZED GRAINS; ORIENTATION RELATIONSHIP; PHASE CONSTITUTION; SUB-LAYERS;

CALCULATIONS; PHASE INTERFACES; PHASE SEPARATION; SILVER; SILVER ALLOYS;

MULTILAYERS;

EID: 84868651955     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4761471     Document Type: Article

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