Size Dependence of the Melting Temperature of Metallic Films: Two Possible Scenarios

Authors V.M. Samsonov, N.Yu. Sdobnyakov , A.G. Bembel, D.N. Sokolov , N.V. Novozhilov
Affiliations

Tver State University, 35, Sadovii Per., 170002 Tver, Russia

Е-mail samsonoff@inbox.ru, nsdobnyakov@mail.ru
Issue Volume 5, Year 2013, Number 4
Dates Received 24 September 2013; published online 10 December 2013
Citation V.M. Samsonov, N.Yu. Sdobnyakov, A.G. Bembel, et al., J. Nano- Electron. Phys. 5 No 4, 04005 (2013)
DOI
PACS Number(s) 64.70.Nd, 65.80. – g
Keywords Thermodynamics (2) , Metallic films, Carbon substrate, Size dependence of the melting temperature.
Annotation The size dependence was investigated of the melting temperature Tm of metallic films (tin and copper) on different substrate (amorphous carbon, another infusible metal), i.e. the dependence of Tm on the film thickness h. It was found that the effect of interfacial boundary can result in the growth of Tm for thin metallic films on the carbon substrate in comparison with the corresponding bulk value. For the metal 1 / metal 2 system the size dependence of Tm seems to be less pronounced and Tm decreases with decreasing thickness h.

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