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Computational and Experimental Studies Of Grain Growth

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

Tue T. Ngo,
Reza Ahmadi,
Alec A. Talin and
R. Stanley Williams
Tue T. Ngo
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles CA 90024-1547.
Reza Ahmadi
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles CA 90024-1547.
Alec A. Talin
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles CA 90024-1569.
R. Stanley Williams
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles CA 90024-1569.
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Abstract

This paper addresses the validity of the single particle growth law rn-r0 n=Kt in describing the formation of 3D grains during the vapor deposition of thin metal films, especially with respect to the value of the exponent n. Computer simulations based on the Huygen’s construction showed that the grain size distribution at full surface coverage did not depend significantly on the specific model chosen for initiating growth from nuclei. The particle size distributions obtained experimentally by STM measurements of thin Au films deposited on glass substrates agreed very well with the simulation results for n=2.

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