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Phenomenological treatment of multilayer growth

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A phenomenological treatment of multilayer growth has been carried out with three basic assumptions: (1) steady-state conditions existing at the phase boundary between two phases within the multilayer, (2) a well-defined stoichiometric composition and structure existing for each layer, and (3) the same kinetics growth law followed by each layer. The supply of matter for the growth of each layer within the multilayered structure was considered to be from solid-state boundary reactions; using the concept of boundary-regions, general equations for the apparent growth rate of the region were derived. The treatment has been applied to linear kinetics, parabolic kinetics, and logarithmic kinetics. Using the equations obtained from this treatment, the effect of neighboring layers on the apparent growth rate of a given layer is shown.

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  1. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, 90024, Los Angeles, California

    Ge Wang, B. Gleeson & D. L. Douglass

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Wang, G., Gleeson, B. & Douglass, D.L. Phenomenological treatment of multilayer growth. Oxid Met 31, 415–429 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00666465

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