Temperature-dependent 2-D to 3-D growth transition of ultra-thin Pt films deposited by PLD

Acta Materialia

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 3297-3303

  Galinski, Henning ^a   Ryll, Thomas ^a   Reibisch, Philipp ^a   Schlagenhauf, Lukas ^a   Schenker, Iwan ^a   Gauckler, Ludwig J ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Platinum Zirconia Pulsed laser ablation deposition Growth transitions Monte Carlo simulations

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION TEMPERATURES; DIELECTRIC SUBSTRATES; EHRLICH-SCHWOEBEL BARRIER; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; MORPHOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; PULSED LASER ABLATION DEPOSITIONS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL GROWTH;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DEPOSITS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; MORPHOLOGY; PLATINUM; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TWO DIMENSIONAL; ULTRATHIN FILMS; VAPOR DEPOSITION; YTTRIA STABILIZED ZIRCONIA; ZIRCONIA;

FILM GROWTH;

EID: 84876118902     PISSN: 13596454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2013.02.018     Document Type: Article

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