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Phys. Rev. Lett. 60, 424–427 (1988)

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Columnar growth in thin films

A. Mazor, D. J. Srolovitz, P. S. Hagan, and and B. G. Bukiet

Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545 ience and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109

A theory for the growth of columnar microstructures in thin films is presented. The zone-I to zone-II transition temperature is predicted. The surface morphology and the columnar grain structure are obtained both analytically and numerically, and the scaling behavior of the columnar grain size with film thickness is derived. Monte Carlo simulations are used to follow the evolution of the three-dimensional zone-II microsctuctures and to account for the formation of film texture. These results agree with experimental observations.

©1988 The American Physical Society

URL: http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v60/p424
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.60.424
PACS: 68.55.Jk, 68.55.Ce, 81.10.Bk

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See Also:

Erratum: A. Mazor, D. J. Srolovitz, P. S. Hagan, and B. G. Bukiet, Erratum: Columnar growth in thin films [Phys. Rev. Lett. 60, 424 (1988)], Phys. Rev. Lett. 60, 1455 (1988).

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