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Title: Thermionic emission microscopy of scandium thin film dewetting on W(100)

Journal Article · · AIP Advances
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5039612· OSTI ID:1462411
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  1. Ohio Univ., Athens, OH (United States). Dept. of Physics
  2. Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN)
  3. Ohio Univ., Athens, OH (United States). Dept. of Mathematics
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Scandium thin films of 5-30 nm thickness deposited on clean W(100) surfaces de-wet from the tungsten surface when heated to temperatures < 0.5 Tmelt. The dewetting temperature and the resulting droplet size are a function of the initial scandium film thickness.

Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0012704; N66001-16-1-4040
OSTI ID:
1462411
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1454656
Report Number(s):
BNL-207885-2018-JAAM; TRN: US1902168
Journal Information:
AIP Advances, Vol. 8, Issue 6; ISSN 2158-3226
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 9 works
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