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Grain-boundary grooving and agglomeration of alloy thin films with a slow-diffusing species
Mathieu Bouville, Dongzhi Chi, David J. Srolovitz
We present a general phase-field model for grain-boundary grooving and agglomeration of polycrystalline alloy thin films. In particular, we study the effects of slow-diffusing spec…
Interplay between grain boundary grooving, stress, and dealloying in the agglomeration of NiSi1-xGex films
H. B. Yao, M. Bouville, D. Z. Chi +4
Germanosilicides, especially those formed on compressive substrates, are less stable than silicides against agglomeration. By studying the solid-state reaction of Ni thin film on s…
Pyramidal structural defects in erbium silicide thin films
Eu Jin Tan, Mathieu Bouville, Dong Zhi Chi +5
A new pyramidal structural defect, 5 to 8 micron wide, has been discovered in thin films of epitaxial erbium disilicide formed by annealing thin Er films on Si(001) substrates at t…
Phase-field model for grain boundary grooving in multi-component thin films
Mathieu Bouville, Shenyang Hu, Long-Qing Chen +2
Polycrystalline thin films can be unstable with respect to island formation (agglomeration) through grooving where grain boundaries intersect the free surface and/or thin film-subs…