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Correlation of Stress Relaxation and Microstructure Change in Polycrystalline Thin Films on Substrates: Au on Si <100> at RT

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 July 2012

A. C. Vermeulen ,
R. Delhez  and
E. J. Mittemeijer
A. C. Vermeulen
Affiliation:
Delft University of Technology, Laboratory of Materials Science, Rotterdamseweg 137, 2628 AL Delft, The Netherlands.
R. Delhez
Affiliation:
Delft University of Technology, Laboratory of Materials Science, Rotterdamseweg 137, 2628 AL Delft, The Netherlands.
E. J. Mittemeijer
Affiliation:
Delft University of Technology, Laboratory of Materials Science, Rotterdamseweg 137, 2628 AL Delft, The Netherlands.
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Abstract

Stress relaxation in polycrystalline layers can be explained by processes, in which the microstructure plays a dominant role. The microstructure itself may also be subjected to changes. With X-ray diffraction information about both the stress and the microstructure can be obtained without destroying the specimen and without disturbing the stress relaxation process.

In this paper a model system is studied: Au on Si<100>. The specimens showed a simultaneous decrease of macrostress and dislocation density with time at room temperature. This could be interpreted on the basis of a model founded on thermally activated dislocation motion. It followed that the grain size is an important parameter for the change of the dislocation density.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 230: Symposium R – Phase Transformation Kinetics in Thin Films , 1991 , 103
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1992

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