Giant secondary grain growth in Cu films on sapphire

AIP Advances

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Miller, David L ^a   Keller, Mark W ^a   Shaw, Justin M ^a   Rice, Katherine P ^a   Keller, Robert R ^a   Diederichsen, Kyle M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; ANNEALING; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; GRAPHENE; METALLIC FILMS; MICROELECTRONICS; SAPPHIRE; SINGLE CRYSTALS;

CONVENTIONAL APPROACH; ELECTRON BACK SCATTER DIFFRACTION; EPITAXIAL GRAPHENE; INSULATING SUBSTRATES; MACROSCOPIC LENGTH; SECONDARY GRAIN GROWTH; SINGLE CRYSTAL METALS; ULTRAHIGH VACUUM CONDITIONS;

GRAIN GROWTH;

EID: 84883860796     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21583226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4817829     Document Type: Article

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