High‐Throughput Growth of Microscale Gold Bicrystals for Single‐Grain‐Boundary Studies
Abstract
Abstract The study of grain boundaries is the foundation to understanding many of the intrinsic physical properties of bulk metals. Here, the preparation of microscale thin‐film gold bicrystals, using rapid melt growth, is presented as a model system for studies of single grain boundaries. This material platform utilizes standard fabrication tools and supports the high‐yield growth of thousands of bicrystals per wafer, each containing a grain boundary with a unique <111> tilt character. The crystal growth dynamics of the gold grains in each bicrystal are mediated by platinum gradients, which originate from the gold–platinum seeds responsible for gold crystal nucleation. This crystallization mechanism leads to a decoupling between crystal nucleation and crystal growth, and it ensures that the grain boundaries form at the middle of the gold microstructures and possess a uniform distribution of misorientation angles. It is envisioned that these bicrystals will enable the systematic study of the electrical, optical, chemical, thermal, and mechanical properties of individual grain boundary types.
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- Department of Electrical Engineering Stanford University Stanford CA 94305 USA
- Department of Electrical Engineering Stanford University Stanford CA 94305 USA, University of Michigan–Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai 200240 China
- Department of Mechanical Engineering Stanford University Stanford CA 94305 USA
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering Stanford University Stanford CA 94305 USA
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- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1526324
- Grant/Contract Number:
- DE‐AC02‐05CH11231
- Resource Type:
- Publisher's Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Advanced Materials
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Advanced Materials Journal Volume: 31 Journal Issue: 32; Journal ID: ISSN 0935-9648
- Publisher:
- Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)
- Country of Publication:
- Germany
- Language:
- English
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Gan, Lucia T., Yang, Rui, Traylor, Rachel, Cai, Wei, Nix, William D., and Fan, Jonathan A. High‐Throughput Growth of Microscale Gold Bicrystals for Single‐Grain‐Boundary Studies. Germany: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1002/adma.201902189.
Gan, Lucia T., Yang, Rui, Traylor, Rachel, Cai, Wei, Nix, William D., & Fan, Jonathan A. High‐Throughput Growth of Microscale Gold Bicrystals for Single‐Grain‐Boundary Studies. Germany. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201902189
Gan, Lucia T., Yang, Rui, Traylor, Rachel, Cai, Wei, Nix, William D., and Fan, Jonathan A. Thu .
"High‐Throughput Growth of Microscale Gold Bicrystals for Single‐Grain‐Boundary Studies". Germany. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201902189.
@article{osti_1526324,
title = {High‐Throughput Growth of Microscale Gold Bicrystals for Single‐Grain‐Boundary Studies},
author = {Gan, Lucia T. and Yang, Rui and Traylor, Rachel and Cai, Wei and Nix, William D. and Fan, Jonathan A.},
abstractNote = {Abstract The study of grain boundaries is the foundation to understanding many of the intrinsic physical properties of bulk metals. Here, the preparation of microscale thin‐film gold bicrystals, using rapid melt growth, is presented as a model system for studies of single grain boundaries. This material platform utilizes standard fabrication tools and supports the high‐yield growth of thousands of bicrystals per wafer, each containing a grain boundary with a unique <111> tilt character. The crystal growth dynamics of the gold grains in each bicrystal are mediated by platinum gradients, which originate from the gold–platinum seeds responsible for gold crystal nucleation. This crystallization mechanism leads to a decoupling between crystal nucleation and crystal growth, and it ensures that the grain boundaries form at the middle of the gold microstructures and possess a uniform distribution of misorientation angles. It is envisioned that these bicrystals will enable the systematic study of the electrical, optical, chemical, thermal, and mechanical properties of individual grain boundary types.},
doi = {10.1002/adma.201902189},
journal = {Advanced Materials},
number = 32,
volume = 31,
place = {Germany},
year = {Thu Jun 13 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Thu Jun 13 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}
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