Production of Single-Crystal Copper Films at Low Temperatures
- 1 September 1960
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 31 (9) , 1672-1674
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1735913
Abstract
A method is described for the production of single‐crystal films of copper at temperatures as low as −40°C. This method utilizes the epitaxy of copper on rocksalt. A thin layer of copper is evaporated on a single crystal of salt at 350°C. Then a thick layer is evaporated at the low temperature. Films grown by this method have been examined using x‐ray and etching techniques. It was found that some of these films had single‐crystal regions of 1 mm diameter and larger. These crystallites had [100] directions within 1° to a normal to the film surface.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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