Hillock formation by surface drift-diffusion driven by the gradient of elastic dipole interaction energy under compressive stresses in bi-crystalline thin films

Oǧurtani, Tarik Ömer; Akyıldız, Öncü

doi:10.17350/hjse19030000010

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“…The crucial role of elastic dipole tensor interactions (EDTI) on driving force for surface diffusion was considered previously, under tensile [15] and compressive [16] uniaxial stresses applied to freestanding thin films. As the dimensions of ultrathin films approached, small thicknesses can lead to great stress gradients, which act as a driving force for grain boundary diffusion [17].…”

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Influence of displacement constraints to the surface reconstruction of stressed bicrystal thin films

Akyıldız

2020

Mater. Res. Express

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In this work, surface morphology evolution of bicrystal thin films under the combined action of grain boundary and surface diffusion is investigated by considering different mechanical constraints. 2D surface topographies of thin films, that are (a) freestanding, (b) strongly bonded to its substrate and (c) strongly bonded to its substrate and one of sidewalls, are simulated using a numerical implementation of an irreversible thermo-kinetics model. Relationships which give the groove depth as a function of time are obtained. Results show that mechanical loading conditions are effective in determining the morphology and kinetics of grooving. For the three scenarios that had been investigated, it was found that the groove depth evolves linearly with different tip velocities under the same level of uniaxial tension. In freestanding films groove tip evolves faster; i.e. as the film gets constrained from its substrate and/or one of its sidewalls, the tip velocity slows down. It was also observed that high triple junction mobilities at low levels of applied stress hinder the effects of displacement constraints to groove shape, even in the case of asymmetric stress distributions inside the film. On the other hand, low triple junction mobilities at moderate applied stresses allow formation of asymmetric grain boundary grooves due to the induced asymmetry in the driving force for surface diffusion with respect to the grain boundary.

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