Ag droplets nano-shape design on SiC: Study on wetting and energetics

Data di pubblicazione: 29 Apr 2021

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Autori: Maria Grazia Grimaldi, Maria Censabella, D. Irrera, Stefano Boscarino, G. Piccitto, M. G. Grimaldi, Francesco Ruffino

This work describes the effect of the annealing temperature on the size and wetting of nanostructures obtained on 4H–SiC substrate by the dewetting process of a deposited nanoscale-thick Ag film. The work focuses, in particular, on the difference between solid-state dewetting (below Ag melting temperature) and liquid-state dewetting (above Ag melting temperature). Following the deposition of a 58 nm-thick Ag film on the SiC substrate, annealings were perfomed at 800 °C, 850 °C and 885 °C so to induce the Ag film solid-state dewetting. In addition, annealing at 1040 °C was performed so to induce the Ag film liquid-state dewetting. The dewetting processes led to the formation of nanostructures on the SiC surface. Plan-view and cross-view scanning electron microscopy analyses were carried out to quantify the evolution of the average planar size and of the average contact angle (to the SiC surface) of the Ag …

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Materials Chemistry and Physics
Volume
267
Pagine
124692
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3
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202b0b6179615f3bad6c1c0df6b2cabc
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Volume: 267 Pages: 124692