Preface |
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Acknowledgments |
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Authors |
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Chapter 1 Thin Film Growth, Structure, and Properties |
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3 | (1) |
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4 | (5) |
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1.3 Theory of Thin Films and Growth |
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1.3.1 Classification of Thin Film Deposition Methods |
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9 | (2) |
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1.3.2 Chemical Vapor Deposition Methods, CVD |
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11 | (2) |
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1.3.3 Physical Vapor Deposition Method, PVD |
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13 | (3) |
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1.3.4 Mechanism of Thin Film Growth |
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16 | (1) |
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1.4 Theory of Sputtering Technology |
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1.4.1 Science of Sputtering |
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17 | (3) |
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1.4.2 Sputtering Technologies |
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20 | (1) |
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1.4.3 Magnetron Sputtering |
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21 | (1) |
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1.4.4 Factors Affecting Thin Film Magnetron Sputtering |
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22 | (1) |
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1.5 Parameter-Property Relationships of Sputtered Films |
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23 | (1) |
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1.6 Sputtering of Patterned Thin Films |
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24 | (1) |
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25 | (6) |
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26 | (5) |
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31 | (18) |
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31 | (1) |
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2.2 Definitions of Fractals and Properties |
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32 | (3) |
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35 | (2) |
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2.4 Applications of Fractal Theory in Engineering |
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37 | (4) |
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2.5 Thin Film Growth and Fractal Theory |
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41 | (4) |
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45 | (4) |
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45 | (4) |
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Chapter 3 Methods of Fractal Measurements |
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49 | (1) |
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50 | (4) |
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54 | (2) |
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3.4 Brownian Motion Methods |
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56 | (8) |
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64 | (7) |
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64 | (4) |
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3.5.2 Multifractal Detrended Fluctuation Analysis (MFDA) |
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68 | (2) |
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3.5.3 Applications of the Multifractal Theory |
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70 | (1) |
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71 | (1) |
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71 | (10) |
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PART 2 Typical Studies of Fractal Descriptions of Sputtered Films |
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Chapter 4 Fractal Characterization of Hillocks and Porosity in Sputtered Films |
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81 | (20) |
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81 | (3) |
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4.2 Hillocks in Sputtered Thin Films |
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84 | (2) |
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4.3 Fractal Characterization of Hillocks in Sputtered Metallic/Alloy Thin Films |
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86 | (6) |
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4.4 Fractal Studies of Porosity in Sputtered Metallic/Alloy Thin Films |
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92 | (5) |
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97 | (4) |
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97 | (4) |
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Chapter 5 Mono-Fractal Analyses of Roughness of Sputtered Films |
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101 | (36) |
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101 | (1) |
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5.2 Vertical and Lateral Roughening in Sputtering |
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101 | (2) |
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5.3 The Relationship Between Lateral and Vertical Roughness in Sputtering of Metallic/Alloy Thin Films |
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103 | (24) |
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5.3.1 Case 1: Topology and Fractal Analysis of Thin Aluminium Films Grown by Radio-Frequency Magnetron Sputtering |
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103 | (19) |
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5.3.2 Case 2: Fractal Nature of Surface Topography and Physical Properties of the Coatings Obtained Using Magnetron Sputtering by Kwasny, Dobrzanski, Pawlyta, and Guilbinski (2004) |
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5.3.3 Case 3: Dependence of Fractal Characteristics on the Scan Size of AFM Phase Imaging of Aluminium Thin Films, by Mwema, Akinlabi, and Oladijo (2020) |
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124 | (1) |
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5.3.4 Case 4: Effect of Angle of Deposition on the Fractal Properties of ZnO Thin Film Surface by Yadav et al. (2017) |
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125 | (1) |
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5.3.5 Relationship Between Fractal Roughness and Vertical Roughness |
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125 | (2) |
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5.4 Influence of Sputtering Parameters on Fractal Characteristics of Thin Films |
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127 | (4) |
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5.4.1 Effect of Substrate Type |
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127 | (1) |
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5.4.2 Effect of Substrate Temperature |
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128 | (2) |
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5.4.3 Effect of Sputtering Power |
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130 | (1) |
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130 | (1) |
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5.5 Fractal and Roughness Studies in Multi-Layer Sputtered Thin Films |
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131 | (1) |
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131 | (6) |
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132 | (5) |
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Chapter 6 Multifractal Characterization of Structure Evolution with Sputtering Parameters of Thin Films |
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137 | (32) |
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137 | (2) |
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6.2 Multifractal Studies of Sputtered Pure Metallic Films |
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139 | (15) |
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6.3 Multifractal Studies of Sputtered Metallic Alloy Thin Films |
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154 | (8) |
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6.4 Multifractal Descriptions of Sputtered Multilayer Thin Films |
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162 | (1) |
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163 | (6) |
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164 | (5) |
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Chapter 7 Fractal Prediction of Film Growth and Properties |
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169 | (26) |
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169 | (1) |
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7.2 Morphological Classification of Thin Film Surfaces |
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170 | (4) |
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7.2.1 Columnar Structure of Thin Films |
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171 | (2) |
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7.2.2 Ballistic Structure Models |
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173 | (1) |
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173 | (1) |
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174 | (1) |
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7.3 Fractal Characterization of Thin Film Morphologies |
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174 | (15) |
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7.3.1 Columnar Structures |
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175 | (6) |
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7.3.2 Ballistic Structures |
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181 | (3) |
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7.3.3 Fibrous Model of Thin Film Structures |
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184 | (1) |
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185 | (4) |
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7.4 Fractal Image Analyses, Growth, and Property Prediction |
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189 | (2) |
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191 | (4) |
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191 | (4) |
Index |
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