Solid films are usually metastable or unstable in the as-deposited state, and they will dewet
or agglomerate to form islands when heated to sufficiently high temperatures. This process …

In the past decade there have been many theoretical and experimental efforts to study the
mechanisms of solid state dewetting, that means the spontaneous agglomeration of a thin …

The thermal agglomeration of ultrathin (< 30 nm) single crystal silicon-on-insulator (SOI)
films is a morphological evolution phenomenon with practical and scientific importance. This …

Templated formation of complex patterns via solid‐state dewetting is demonstrated. Thin
films often dewet from their substrates when they are heated, even while remaining in the …

Recent progress in submicron-and nano-fabrication technologies has led to the emergence
of novel photonic structures such as optical nanoantennas and metasurfaces. Real-life …

As device scaling is entering the sub-25nm range, multiple gate device architectures are
needed to fulfill the ITRS requirements, since they offer a greatly improved electrostatic …

A method has been developed to calculate and use a surface chemical potential which is
valid in the large curvature regime for any surface energy function. It is applied to the solid …

At elevated temperatures, single crystal thin films sometimes undergo solid-state dewetting
to form holes and islands with anisotropic morphologies and regular features. We have …

The exploration of crystalline nanostructures enhances the understanding of quantum
phenomena occurring in spatially confined quantum matter and may lead to functional …

We have studied the impact of several Si selective epitaxial growth (SEG) process on the
agglomeration of ultra-thin, patterned silicon-on-insulator (SOI) layers. Through a careful …