Publication
Title
Sputter-deposited Mg-Al-O thin films: linking molecular dynamics simulations to experiments
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Abstract
Using a molecular dynamics model the crystallinity of MgxAlyOz thin films with a variation in the stoichiometry of the thin film is studied at operating conditions similar to the experimental operating conditions of a dual magnetron sputter deposition system. The films are deposited on a crystalline or amorphous substrate. The Mg metal content in the film ranged from 100% (i.e. MgO film) to 0% (i.e. Al2O3 film). The radial distribution function and density of the films are calculated. The results are compared with x-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy analyses of experimentally deposited thin films by the dual magnetron reactive sputtering process. Both simulation and experimental results show that the structure of the MgAlO film varies from crystalline to amorphous when the Mg concentration decreases. It seems that the crystalline MgAlO films have a MgO structure with Al atoms in between.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Journal of physics: D: applied physics. - London
Publication
London : 2009
ISSN
0022-3727
DOI
10.1088/0022-3727/42/6/065107
Volume/pages
42 :6 (2009) , p. 065107,1-065107,8
ISI
000263824200024
Full text (Publisher's DOI)
UAntwerpen
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Research group
Project info
CalcUA as central calculation facility: supporting core facilities.
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Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
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Web of Science
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Creation 03.03.2009
Last edited 22.01.2024
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