Effect of Interfacial Segregation on Phase Decomposition of a Thin Film on a Patterned Substrate

William C. Johnson; S. M. Wise; Joo Youl Huh; J. Favergeon

Effect of Interfacial Segregation on Phase Decomposition of a Thin Film on a Patterned Substrate

William C. Johnson, S. M. Wise, Joo Youl Huh, J. Favergeon

Department of Materials Science and Engineering

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Abstract

Numerical simulations of phase decomposition in thin films on patterned substrates are presented for a binary alloy in order to study the influence of substrate composition on microstructural evolution. For systems with a substrate composition less than the film composition, a preferential segregation of A to the interface was observed and no phase decomposition occurred within the film. For patterned systems with a substrate composition exceeding the film composition, the B-rich phase was able to grow by a barrierless transformation for a range of film compositions outside the chemical spinodal. The number of precipitates which formed on the mesa, the dihedral angles at the three-phase trijunctions, and the resulting microstructure within the film were shown to be sensitive to the substrate composition.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-8
Number of pages	8
Journal	Metals and Materials International
Volume	9
Issue number	1
Publication status	Published - 2003 Feb 1

Keywords

Patterned substrate
Phase decomposition
Segregation
Thin film
Wetting

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Engineering(all)

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Johnson, W. C., Wise, S. M., Huh, J. Y., & Favergeon, J. (2003). Effect of Interfacial Segregation on Phase Decomposition of a Thin Film on a Patterned Substrate. Metals and Materials International, 9(1), 1-8.

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