Search Results - "Curiotto, S."
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Determination of the Thermomigration Force on Adatoms
Published in Physical review letters (15-09-2023)“…Thermal gradients in nanomaterials can cause surface mass transport phenomena. However theatomic fluxes are challenging to quantify and the underlying atomic…”
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Atomic Transport in Au-Ge Droplets: Brownian and Electromigration Dynamics
Published in Physical review letters (25-10-2019)“…The deposition of Au on Ge(111)-3×3-Au above the eutectic temperature results in the formation of AuGe liquid droplets that reach the liquidus composition by…”
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Self-propelled motion of Au–Si droplets on Si(111) mediated by monoatomic step dissolution
Published in Surface science (01-02-2015)“…By Low Energy Electron Microscopy, we show that the spontaneous motion of gold droplets on silicon (111) is chemically driven: the droplets tend to dissolve…”
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Kinetics and coupled dynamics of dewetting and chemical reaction in Si/SiO2/Si system
Published in Journal of materials science (01-12-2020)“…We report on the observation of a coupling between the dewetting of a Si layer on SiO 2 induced by surface/interface energy minimization and the etching…”
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Catalytically enhanced thermal decomposition of chemically grown silicon oxide layers on Si(001)
Published in Applied physics letters (14-03-2016)“…The thermal decomposition of Si dioxide layers formed by wet chemical treatment on Si(001) has been studied by low-energy electron microscopy. Independent…”
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Dewetting of patterned solid films: Towards a predictive modelling approach
Published in Applied physics letters (26-06-2017)“…Owing to its ability to produce an assembly of nanoislands with controllable size and locations, the solid state dewetting of patterned films has recently…”
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Interplay between deoxidation and dewetting for ultrathin SOI films
Published in Applied physics letters (17-04-2017)“…Solid state dewetting of thin films is a promising method for producing nanodots. However, while films with submicron thicknesses simply breakup into arrays of…”
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Spatial inhomogeneity and temporal dynamics of a 2D electron gas in interaction with a 2D adatom gas
Published in Scientific reports (06-09-2017)“…Fundamental interest for 2D electron gas (2DEG) systems has been recently renewed with the advent of 2D materials and their potential high-impact applications…”
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Oxygen-induced inhibition of silicon-on-insulator dewetting
Published in Applied physics letters (10-02-2014)“…We report that solid state dewetting of Si thin film on SiO2 can be reversibly inhibited by exposing the Si surface to a partial pressure of dioxygen…”
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Surfaces, interfaces and phase transitions in Al–In monotectic alloys
Published in Acta materialia (01-05-2010)“…Surface and bulk liquid phase transitions are measured by a unique method currently used to determine surface and interfacial tension of liquid alloys…”
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Shape transition in nano-pits after solid-phase etching of SiO2 by Si islands
Published in Applied physics letters (11-05-2015)“…We study the nano-pits formed during the etching of a SiO2 film by reactive Si islands at T≈1000 °C. Combining low energy electron microscopy, atomic force…”
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Tungsten evolution under helium irradiation: Shape of bubbles by TEM and in-situ GISAXS analysis
Published in Nuclear materials and energy (01-12-2023)“…•Determination of the equilibrium shape of helium bubbles in tungsten composed of {100} and {110} facets.•Helium bubbles characterisation by in-situ GISAXS and…”
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Non-stoichiometric cementite by rapid solidification of cast iron
Published in Acta materialia (01-04-2005)“…This paper deals with rapidly solidified binary Fe–C alloys containing 3.8 wt% and 4.3 wt% C. Their microstructure reveals that, as an effect of undercooling,…”
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Solid/liquid interfacial energy and wetting of Cu at Co surfaces and grain boundaries
Published in Scripta materialia (2009)“…The contact angle of liquid Cu on monocrystalline and polycrystalline Co surfaces is found to be close to zero, and some of the grain boundaries of the Co…”
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Interfacial properties of immiscible Co–Cu alloys
Published in Journal of materials science (01-04-2010)“…Using electromagnetic levitation under microgravity conditions, the interfacial properties of an Cu 75 Co 25 alloy have been investigated in the liquid phase…”
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Undercooling and demixing in rapidly solidified Cu–Co alloys
Published in Materials science & engineering. A, Structural materials : properties, microstructure and processing (01-03-2007)“…The Cu–Co system displays a metastable miscibility gap in the liquid state. A considerable amount of work has been performed to study phase separation and…”
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A model of oxygen adsorption at liquid copper surfaces
Published in Surface science (30-08-2010)“…A model of O-adsorption at liquid metal surfaces has been constructed, using liquid Cu as an example. The modeling approach used is similar to the regular…”
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Effect of cooling rate on the solidification of Cu58Co42
Published in Materials science & engineering. A, Structural materials : properties, microstructure and processing (25-03-2007)“…This paper deals with Co42Cu58 (at.%) alloy processed to obtain a cooling rate gradient during solidification. The Co-Cu system displays a metastable…”
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The liquid metastable miscibility gap in Cu-based systems
Published in Fluid phase equilibria (01-08-2007)“…Some Cu-based alloys, like Cu–Co, Cu–Fe and Cu–Co–Fe, display a liquid metastable miscibility gap. When the melt is undercooled below a certain temperature…”
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Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation and Remixing in the Cu-Co System
Published in Metallurgical and materials transactions. A, Physical metallurgy and materials science (01-08-2006)“…This article deals with the metastable liquid-liquid separation in the Cu-Co system. Several samples with different compositions were investigated by…”
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