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Morphology and Microstructure of Tungsten Films by Magnetron Sputtering

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In this work, tungsten thin films were deposited on different substrates by magnetron sputtering and some of the films were then annealed at 1000°C for 1 hour in order to investigate the influence of different processing parameters on morphology and microstructure of films. Scanning electron microscope and x-ray diffraction were used to detect the morphology and microstructure of films. Under the same conditions, the thin films on different substrates showed different preferred grain orientations although the morphologies were similar. After thermal treatment, the morphology of films changed significantly and the total stress parallel to film surfaces dropped off sharply.

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Materials Science Forum (Volume 913)

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416-423

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February 2018

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Jian Gang Yu, Wen Jia Han, Zhong Chao Sun, Kai Gui Zhu*

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Annealing, Magnetron Sputtering, Preferred Grain Orientation, Tungsten Thin Films

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