Asymptotic behaviour of stress establishment in thin films

Pierre Müller (1) , O. Thomas (2)

1 CINaM - Centre Interdisciplinaire de Nanoscience de Marseille
2 IM2NP - Institut des Matériaux, de Microélectronique et des Nanosciences de Provence

The purpose of this letter is to investigate the asymptotic behaviour of stress establishment in two-dimensional supported films. For this purpose, surface excess quantities are corrected for finite size effects arising from long-range interactions. The predicted results are compared with the available experimental data for Ge/Si(001) and Au/Ni(111) systems.

Mots clés: Bending of surfaces; Epitaxy; Gold; Growth; Nickel; Silicon-germanium; Surface energy; Surface stress

Domaines: Physique [physics]; Matière Condensée [cond-mat]

Pierre Müller, O. Thomas. Asymptotic behaviour of stress establishment in thin films. Surface Science : A Journal Devoted to the Physics and Chemistry of Interfaces, 2000, 465. ⟨hal-01967017⟩