Crystallographic analysis of the solid-state dewetting of polycrystalline gold film using automated indexing in a transmission electron microscope

Autor: S. A. Jang, H. J. Lee, C. V. Thompson, C. A. Ross, Y. J. Oh
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: APL Materials, Vol 3, Iss 12, Pp 126103-126103-6 (2015)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2166-532X
DOI: 10.1063/1.4937432
Popis: We analyzed the effect of crystallographic anisotropy on the morphological evolution of a 12-nm-thick gold film during solid-state dewetting at high temperatures using automated indexing tool in a transmission electron microscopy. Dewetting initiated at grain-boundary triple junctions adjacent to large grains resulting from abnormal grain growth driven by (111) texture development. Voids at the junctions developed shapes with faceted edges bounded by low-index crystal planes. The kinetic mobility of the edges varied with the crystal orientation normal to the edges, with a predominance of specific edges with the slowest retraction rates as the annealing time was increased.
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