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Microstructure formation in chalcogenide thin films assisted by thermal dewetting

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The spontaneous formation of self-assembled and/or self-organized patterns is a fundamental and technologically significant topic. This process is achieved via a phenomenon called dewetting, should it be thermally induced, or caused by laser exposure. Although dewetting seems to be a well-known phenomenon for metallic and polymeric thin films, no proper investigation regarding glassy thin films seems to have been done. Thus, in the present study we try to elaborate on the process of thermal dewetting applied to glassy thin films of the system Agx(As20S80)100−x.

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The authors would like to thank the Canada Excellence Research Chair program (CERC: CG 096487) in Enabling Photonic Innovations for Information and Communication for their financial support. The supports of Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC: CG 102867) and of the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI: GF 105079) agencies are also acknowledged.

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    Alexandre Douaud, Sandra Helena Messaddeq & Younès Messaddeq

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Douaud, A., Messaddeq, S.H. & Messaddeq, Y. Microstructure formation in chalcogenide thin films assisted by thermal dewetting. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 28, 6989–6999 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-016-5937-8

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Keywords

  • Ag2S
  • Spinodal Decomposition
  • Arsenic Sulfide
  • Dewetting Process
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