Substrate-dependent thermally driven morphological evolution of Pt${}_{0.9}$Ni${}_{0.1}$ thin films on sapphire and langasite

M. Awais Fiaz, M. Greenslit, R. J. Lad +3

We examine the thermal evolution of 100-nm-thick Pt${}_{0.9}$Ni${}_{0.1}$ alloy films on sapphire and langasite substrates with a 10-nm Zr adhesion layer. Sequential vacuum annealing f…