Surface Tension Effects in Oriented Thin Silver Films
- 1 May 1950
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 21 (5), 449-453
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1699683
Abstract
Structural changes of thin oriented films of silver produced by condensation in a vacuum on cleaved surfaces of single crystals of rocksalt were followed as a function of temperature. Marked agglomeration occurred in films of thicknesses less than 1000A. For thicker films in the 1000–2000A range rectangular holes appeared in the films with their edges aligned with the 110 directions of the rocksalt. The effects are attributed to the readjustment of the oriented surface under the influence of surface tension forces.Keywords
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