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Nanostructure Formation by controlled dewetting on patterned substrates: A combined theoretical, modeling and experimental study.


ABSTRACT: We perform systematic two-dimensional energetic analysis to study the stability of various nanostructures formed by dewetting solid films deposited on patterned substrates. Our analytical results show that by controlling system parameters such as the substrate surface pattern, film thickness and wetting angle, a variety of equilibrium nanostructures can be obtained. Phase diagrams are presented to show the complex relations between these system parameters and various nanostructure morphologies. We further carry out both phase field simulations and dewetting experiments to validate the analytically derived phase diagrams. Good agreements between the results from our energetic analyses and those from our phase field simulations and experiments verify our analysis. Hence, the phase diagrams presented here provide guidelines for using solid-state dewetting as a tool to achieve various nanostructures.

SUBMITTER: Lu LX 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5007673 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Nanostructure Formation by controlled dewetting on patterned substrates: A combined theoretical, modeling and experimental study.

Lu Liang-Xing LX   Wang Ying-Min YM   Srinivasan Bharathi Madurai BM   Asbahi Mohamed M   Yang Joel K W JK   Zhang Yong-Wei YW  

Scientific reports 20160901


We perform systematic two-dimensional energetic analysis to study the stability of various nanostructures formed by dewetting solid films deposited on patterned substrates. Our analytical results show that by controlling system parameters such as the substrate surface pattern, film thickness and wetting angle, a variety of equilibrium nanostructures can be obtained. Phase diagrams are presented to show the complex relations between these system parameters and various nanostructure morphologies.  ...[more]

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