Size effect on the electrical conductivity and longitudinal gauge factor of thin metal films

1971 ◽  
Vol 21 (6) ◽  
pp. 662-672 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Reale
Keyword(s):  
Electrical Conductivity ◽  
Size Effect ◽  
Metal Films ◽  
Thin Metal ◽  
Gauge Factor ◽  
Thin Metal Films

Epitaxial Al and Cu films grown on CaF2/Si(111)

2000 ◽  
Vol 648 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuriy V. Shusterman ◽  
Nikolai L. Yakovlev ◽  
Katharine Dovidenko ◽  
Leo J. Schowalter
Keyword(s):  
Size Effect ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Metal Films ◽  
Thin Metal ◽  
Room Temperature Resistivity ◽  
Thin Metal Films ◽  
Cu Films ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Materials Research ◽  
Magneto Resistance

AbstractThe ability to grow single-crystalline Al and Cu films is of significance for several areas of materials research, such as the resistivity size effect in thin metal films, electromigration failure of interconnects, and magneto-resistance studies. Here, we explore the microstructure and resistivity of thin Al and Cu films grown on CaF2/Si(111). A three-step technique of CaF2 growth is described that permits deposition under imperfect vacuum conditions and promotes smoothness of subsequent thin metal films. Reflection high-energy electron diffraction shows that epitaxial Al(111) is obtained directly on CaF2, while epitaxial Cu(111) is obtained only by growing on a 1 nm thick Al seed layer pre-deposited on CaF2. Transmission electron microscopy reveals that 75 nm thick Al films have 150 nm wide sub-grains misoriented by less than 1 degree. For 75 nm thick Cu, the grains are only 30 nm wide and are misoriented by as much as 10 degrees. Room temperature resistivity measurements of the 10-300 nm thick Al films agree with the Fuchs-Sondheimer model in which conduction electrons scatter totally diffusely at the film interfaces. For 50-1000 nm thick Cu films, the resistivity size effect is substantially greater than the prediction of this model, which may be explained in terms of grain boundary scattering.

Influence of charge effects on the electrical conductivity of thin metal films

1966 ◽  
Vol 2 (9) ◽  
pp. 327 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.W. Alsford ◽  
R.E. Hayes ◽  
D.I. Kennedy
Keyword(s):  
Electrical Conductivity ◽  
Metal Films ◽  
Thin Metal ◽  
Thin Metal Films ◽  
Charge Effects

Study of Surface and Electrical Conductivity of Thin Metal Films of the Ni–Al System

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 261-266
Author(s):  
S. F. Dmitriev ◽  
A. V. Ishkov ◽  
A. M. Sagalakov ◽  
A.O. Katasonov ◽  
V. N. Malikov
Keyword(s):  
Electrical Conductivity ◽  
Metal Films ◽  
Thin Metal ◽  
Thin Metal Films
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