Structural Studies of Nickel Films and their Interface with Sapphire Substrates

Autor: S. Baik, Gene E. Ice, T. Habenschuss, D. S. Easton, Cullie J. Sparks, M. Hasaka
Rok vydání: 1986
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Zdroj: MRS Proceedings. 77
ISSN: 1946-4274
0272-9172
DOI: 10.1557/proc-77-495
Popis: The perfection of epitaxial nickel films grown on the (00.ℓ) or basal plane of heated sapphire (A1203) single crystals were studied with X-ray diffraction techniques. Nickel films approximately 700 Å thick formed by vapor deposition increased in perfection as the temperature of the sapphire approached 1400°C. Although the nickel atom distances are 10.3% smaller than those of the closed-packed direction in sapphire, the strain was accommodated at the interface rather than being distributed through the thickness of the nickel film. Diffuse rods of X-ray scattering which are associated with diffraction from the interface gave information about the nature of the roughness at the interface.
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