NUCLEATION OF AN INTERMETALLIC AT THIN-FILM INTERFACES - VSI2 CONTRASTED WITH AL3NI

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作者
MA, E
CLEVENGER, LA
THOMPSON, CV
机构
[1] IBM CORP, THOMAS J WATSON RES CTR, YORKTOWN HTS, NY 10598 USA
[2] MIT, DEPT MAT SCI & ENGN, CAMBRIDGE, MA 02139 USA
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10.1557/JMR.1992.1350
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T [工业技术];
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摘要
We analyze the formation of VSi2 at the amorphous-vanadium-silicide/amorphous-Si interface by linear-heating and isothermal calorimetry, and cross-sectional transmission electron microscopy. We show evidence that indicates sporadic VSi2 nucleation with a steady-state nucleation rate after a transient period. The results are contrasted with those obtained for Al3Ni nucleating at the polycrystalline-Al/polycrystalline-Ni interface, where the kinetics appears to be controlled by growth of a fixed number of nuclei at quickly consumed preferred nucleation sites.
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