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 …

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 …

We report studies of complex morphological evolution during solid-state dewetting of 120
nm thick single-crystal Ni (100) and Ni (110) thin films on MgO (100) and MgO (110) …

Ultrathin crytalline solid films are found to dewet with a faceted rim. In the case of
heterogeneous dewetting initiated from a linear trench or from periodically arranged holes …

Thin film dewetting can be efficiently exploited for the implementation of functionalized
surfaces over very large scales. Although the formation of sub‐micrometer sized crystals via …

We report on the destabilization of the film edge during the dewetting of ultrathin solid films.
An unusual coarsening behavior is found within the linear instability regime. In addition, we …

We report on the influence of elastic strain on solid-state dewetting. Using continuum
modeling, we first study the consequences of elastic stress on the pinching of the film away …

We examine the interfacial reaction between submicron Si islands and SiO 2 during high-
temperature annealing under ultrahigh vacuum, using atomic force microscopy and …

The thermal agglomeration of ultrathin silicon-on-insulator (SOI) layers with different
crystalline orientations [(110)-,(100)-, and (111)-oriented SOI layers] is reported.(110) SOI …

Solid state dewetting of thin films is a promising method for producing nanodots. However,
while films with submicron thicknesses simply breakup into arrays of dots, ultrathin films tend …