ISSN:
1077-3118
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
The transformation of titanium silicide from the C49 to the C54 structure was studied using x-ray diffraction of samples containing arrays of narrow lines of preformed C49 TiSi2. Using a synchrotron x-ray source, diffraction patterns were collected at 1.5–2 °C intervals during sample heating at rates of 3 or 20 °C/s to temperatures of 1000–1100 °C. The results show a monotonic increase in the C54 transition temperature by as much as 180 °C with a decreasing linewidth from 1.0 to 0.1 μm. Also observed is a monotonic increase in (040) preferred orientation of the C54 phase with decreasing linewidth. The results demonstrate the power of in situ x-ray diffraction of narrow line arrays as a tool to study finite size effects in thin-film reactions. © 1995 American Institute of Physics.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.113349