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Author: Grüner, Christoph × DDC: 530 × Has files: Yes × WGL Institute: IOM ×

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    Biaxially Textured Titanium Thin Films by Oblique Angle Deposition: Conditions and Growth Mechanisms
    (Weinheim : Wiley-VCH, 2020) Liedtke-Grüner, Susann; Grüner, Christoph; Lotnyk, Andriy; Gerlach, Juergen W.; Rauschenbach, Bernd
    Growing highly crystalline nanowires over large substrate areas remains an ambiguous task nowadays. Herein, a time-efficient and easy-to-handle bottom-up approach is demonstrated that enables the self-assembled growth of biaxially textured Ti thin films composed of single-crystalline nanowires in a single-deposition step. Ti thin films are deposited under highly oblique incidence angles by electron beam evaporation on amorphous substrates. Substrate temperature, angle of the incoming particle flux, and working pressure are varied to optimize the crystallinity in those films. Height-resolved structure information of individual nanowires is provided by a transmission electron microscopy (TEM) nanobeam, high-resolution TEM, and electron diffraction. Ti nanowires are polycrystalline at 77 K, whereas for ≥300 K, single-crystalline nanowires are tendentially found. The Ti crystals grow along the thermodynamically favored c-direction, but the nanowires’ tilt angle is determined by shadowing. Biaxially textured Ti thin films require a certain temperature range combined with highly oblique deposition angles, which is proved by X-ray in-plane pole figures. A general correlation between average activation energy for surface self-diffusion and melting point of metals is given to estimate the significant influence of surface self-diffusion on the evolution of obliquely deposited metal thin films.
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    Nanostructuring of Fused Silica Assisted by Laser-shaped Metal Triangles Using a Nanosecond Laser
    (Amsterdam [u.a.] : Elsevier, 2016) Lorenz, Pierre; Grüner, Christoph; Ehrhardt, Martin; Bayer, Lukas; Zimmer, Klaus
    Self-organized processes are of special interest for the laser-induced nanostructuring of surfaces. In this study we combined two self-organized processes: the microsphere lithography and the molten phase transformation for the nanostructuring of dielectrics. A fused silica substrate was covered with periodically ordered polystyrene (PS) spheres and the system was subsequently covered with 30 nm chromium. Afterwards the PS spheres were removed and the bare and resultant periodic Cr triangles were irradiated in two steps using a KrF excimer laser. First step: A low laser fluence treatment results in a melting and shape transformation of the triangles. Second step: A high laser fluence treatment of the pre-treated surface results in a nanostructuring of the dielectric surface (and removal of the metal). The surface topography was studied by scanning electron microscopy. Furthermore, the different steps were simulated and compared with the experimental results.
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    BMBF-Verbundprojekt: Si- und SiGe-Dünnfilme für thermoelektrische Anwendungen, Teilvorhaben "Glancing Angle Deposition von Si-Ge-Nanosäulen" : Abschlussbericht ; Bewilligungszeitraum: 01.07.2009 - 30.06.2012
    (Hannover : Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB), 2013) Rauschenbach, Bernd; Bauer, Jens; Manova, Darina; Grüner, Christoph
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