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Nucleation Modes in Sharp Concentration Gradients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

F. Hodaj ,
A. M. Gusak ,
A. O. Kovalchuk  and
P. J. Desre
F. Hodaj
Affiliation:
LTPCM - UMR CNRS / INPG / UJF, Saint Martin d'Hères, France.
A. M. Gusak
Affiliation:
Departement of Theoretical Physics, Cherkassy State University, Cherkassy, Ukraine
A. O. Kovalchuk
Affiliation:
Departement of Theoretical Physics, Cherkassy State University, Cherkassy, Ukraine
P. J. Desre
Affiliation:
LTPCM - UMR CNRS / INPG / UJF, Saint Martin d'Hères, France.
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Abstract

Reaction kinetics in bimetallic multilayers have demonstrated that sharp unidirectional concentration gradient, which develop as interdiffusion proceeds at the interface are able to delay or to suppress nucleation of intermetallics. It has been found that the existence of a critical gradient beyond which nucleation is inhibited is strongly dependent on the mechanism of formation of the embryo [1–7].

A mechanism of nucleation under concentration gradient (∇c) is proposed and treated on the basis of the Fokker–Planck equation for the distribution in the size space.

The influence of the aspect ratio of the embryo on the critical concentration gradient is also studied. Due to the fluctuations of the embryo shape, it is shown that the minimization of the thermodynamic potential leading to the aspect ratio of the embryo is only significant beyond a certain value of the concentration gradient. Application is presented to the nucleation of the compound Ni10Zr7 in an amorphous layer Ni-Zr.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 481: Symposium P – Science and Technology of Semiconductor Surface Preparation , 1997 , 113
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1998

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