Growth of nanocolumnar thin films on patterned substrates at oblique angles

The influence of one dimensional substrate patterns on the nanocolumnar growth of thin films deposited by magnetron sputtering at oblique angles is theoretically and experimentally studied. A well‐established growth model has been used to study the interplay between the substrate topography and the...

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Autores: García-Valenzuela, Aurelio, Muñoz-Piña, Sandra, Alcalá Penadés, Germán, Álvarez Molina, Rafael, Lacroix, Bertrand, Santos, Antonio J, Cuevas-Maraver, Jesús, Rico-Gavira, Víctor Joaquín, Gago, Raúl, Vázquez Burgos, Luis, Cotrino Bautista, José, Rodríguez González-Elipe, Agustín, Palmero Acebedo, Alberto
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/89419
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/89419
https://doi.org/10.1002/ppap.201800135
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Magnetron sputtering
Nanostructures
Oblique angle deposition
Patterned substrate
Thin films
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Sumario:The influence of one dimensional substrate patterns on the nanocolumnar growth of thin films deposited by magnetron sputtering at oblique angles is theoretically and experimentally studied. A well‐established growth model has been used to study the interplay between the substrate topography and the thin film morphology. A critical thickness has been defined, below which the columnar growth is modulated by the substrate topography, while for thicknesses above, the impact of substrate features is progressively lost in two stages; first columns grown on taller features take over neighboring ones, and later the film morphology evolves independently of substrate features. These results have been experimentally tested by analyzing the nanocolumnar growth of SiO2 thin films on ion‐induced patterned substrates.