Thickness dependent stripe structure stability of Ag films on Si(1 1 1)-(4 × 1)-In substrate |
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Authors: | D. Liu |
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Affiliation: | Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials (Jilin University), Ministry of Education and Department of Material Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130025, China |
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Abstract: | The thickness dependent stripe structure stabilization of Ag films on Si(1 1 1)-(4 × 1)-In substrate is thermodynamically considered. It is found that for the stability of the structure, there is a competition between the sum of elastic energy and stacking fault energy in the film and the film-substrate interface energy. The presence of equilibrium of them leads to a critical film thickness. Beyond it, the stripe structure will transform into a flat one. Our prediction for nc of Ag films shows reasonable agreement with experimental data. In addition, according to the established model, it is predicted that Au could also form the above stripe structure on this substrate with a similar nc value of Ag. |
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Keywords: | Stripe structure Stacking fault Critical thickness |
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