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Surface Energy Driven Crystallization of Amorphous Pd81si19

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

Gerhard Schumacher  and
Rajeshwar P. Wahi
Gerhard Schumacher
Affiliation:
Technical University Berlin, Germany, schumacher@hmi.de
Rajeshwar P. Wahi
Affiliation:
Hahn-Meitner-Institute Berlin, Germany.
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Abstract

In-situ TEM investigations during thermal treatment of amorphous Pd81Si19 have been performed. It was found that crystalline nuclei are formed near the perforation edge of the hole produced by electrochemical polishing. After impinging with neighboring crystals, a crystallization front formed which was aligned parallel to the perforation edge. The crystallization front moved in the direction perpendicular to the perforation edge. Crystal growth was found to proceed faster in thinner parts of the specimen than in thicker parts. The results are described qualitatively within a thermodynamic model taking into account volume-, surface- and interfacial free energies and an appropriate specimen geometry.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 481: Symposium P – Science and Technology of Semiconductor Surface Preparation , 1997 , 477
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1998

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