Thermal stability of nanocrystalline copper films

Cao, Peng; Zhang, DL

dc.contributor.author	Cao, Peng	en
dc.contributor.author	Zhang, DL	en
dc.date.accessioned	2011-12-18T23:11:34Z	en
dc.date.issued	2006	en
dc.identifier.citation	International Journal of Modern Physics B 20(25-27):3830-3835 2006	en
dc.identifier.issn	0217-9792	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2292/10163	en
dc.description.abstract	The grain growth kinetics of nanocrystalline copper thin film samples was investigated. The grain size of nanocrystalline copper samples was determined from the broadening of X-ray spectra. It was found that the grain size increased linearly with isothermal annealing time within the first 10 minutes, beyond which power-law growth kinetics is applied. The activation energy for grain growth was determined by constructing an Arrhenius plot, which shows an activation energy of about 21 – 30 kJ/mol. The low activation energy is attributed to the second phase particle drag and the porosity drag, which act as the pinning force for grain growth in nanocrystalline copper.	en
dc.publisher	world scientific publishing	en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	International Journal of Modern Physics B	en
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dc.title	Thermal stability of nanocrystalline copper films	en
dc.type	Journal Article	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1142/S0217979206040441	en
pubs.issue	25-27	en
pubs.begin-page	3830	en
pubs.volume	20	en
dc.rights.holder	Copyright: world scientific publishing	en
pubs.end-page	3835	en
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pubs.subtype	Article	en
pubs.elements-id	93045	en
pubs.org-id	Engineering	en
pubs.org-id	Chemical and Materials Eng	en
pubs.record-created-at-source-date	2010-09-01	en