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In Situ Study of Dislocation Behavior in Columnar Al Thin Film on Si Substrate During Thermal Cycling
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 February 2011
Abstract
In situ transmission electron microscopy (150 kV) has been employed to study the evolution of dislocation microstructures during relatively rapid thermal cycling of a 200 nm Al thin film on Si substrate. After a few thermal cycles between 150 and 500°C, nearly stable Al columnar grain structure is established with average grain less than a μm. On rapid cooling (3–30+ °C/s) from 500°C, dislocations first appear at a nominal temperature of 360–380°C, quickly multiplying and forming planar glide plane arrays on further cooling. From a large number of such experiments we have attempted to deduce the dislocation evolution during thermal cycling in these polycrystalline Al films and to account qualitatively for the results on a simple dislocation model.
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