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The Migration of Double Positioning Boundaries During the Growth of Epitaxial (111) Gold Films
Author(s) -
Stowell M. J.,
Law T. J.
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
physica status solidi (b)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1521-3951
pISSN - 0370-1972
DOI - 10.1002/pssb.19660160110
Subject(s) - coalescence (physics) , crystallite , epitaxy , materials science , electron microscope , crystallography , condensed matter physics , nanotechnology , chemical physics , chemistry , optics , metallurgy , layer (electronics) , physics , astrobiology
A study has been made of the migration of double positioning boundaries during continuous growth of (111) gold films inside an electron microscope. The boundary mobility is shown to be temperature dependent and the results indicate that double positioning boundary migration is a thermally activated process. The influence of rate of coalescence of deposit islands and of deposition rate on the size of double positioning domain structures in (111) gold films is discussed and the conclusions are extended to other multiply positioned and polycrystalline structures formed by vacuum evaporation.