A simple analysis of inert marker motion in a single compound layer for solid-phase epitaxy and for binary diffusion couples
- 1 December 1982
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 53 (12), 8759-8764
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.330477
Abstract
A simple analysis of marker motion in a single compound layer is presented. The compound layer may either act as a transport layer with invariant thickness, as in the case of solid-phase epitaxial growth of amorphous silicon through a thin-film Pd2Si layer on crystalline silicon, or the compound layer may grow itself as in a planar binary diffusion couple. The analysis takes into account possibe volume changes during compound formation and holds for interface-controlled as well as for diffusion-controlled growth of the compound layer. Reanalysis of marker motion data in Ni2Si in Ni/Si thin-film diffusion couple shows that the ratio DNi/DSi of the diffusivities of Ni (DNi) and Si (DSi) in Ni2Si at 325 °C is at least about ten times larger than that evaluated previously. Marker motion data for the growth of Cu6Sn5 at room temperature in a bimetallic Cu/Sn thin-film diffusion couple are presented and analyzed.Keywords
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