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Anomalous Desorption of Copper Oxide Observed by In Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2003

Judith C. Yang ,
Mark Yeadon ,
Deirdre Olynick  and
J. Murray Gibson
Judith C. Yang
Affiliation:
Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory, 104 South Goodwin Avenue, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801
Mark Yeadon
Affiliation:
Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory, 104 South Goodwin Avenue, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801
Deirdre Olynick
Affiliation:
Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory, 104 South Goodwin Avenue, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801
J. Murray Gibson
Affiliation:
Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory, 104 South Goodwin Avenue, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801
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Abstract

Abstract: Here we present our observations of an anomalous desorption of copper oxides from a thin copper film during annealing as observed in an in situ transmission electron microscope. The epitaxial cuprous oxide that formed in air was observed to disappear when the specimen was annealed at 300°C and 10−8 torr. However, removal of the cuprous oxide that formed during oxidation in the microscope required both heating at 300°C and simultaneous exposure to methanol vapor.

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Research Article
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Microscopy and Microanalysis , Volume 3 , Issue 2 , March 1997 , pp. 121 - 125
Copyright
2001 Cambridge University Press

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