Twin-boundary reduced surface diffusion on electrically stressed copper nanowires

WL Weng, HY Chen, YH Ting, HYT Chen, WW Wu… - Nano …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Surface diffusion is intimately correlated with crystal orientation and surface structure. Fast
surface diffusion accelerates phase transformation and structural evolution of materials …

Electrodeposition of nano-twinned Cu and their applications in electronics

SW Park, HW Eom, MJ Kim, JJ Kim - Journal of The …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Twin boundaries are planar defects between two domains exhibiting mirror symmetry. Nano-
twinned metallic materials contain numerous twin boundaries in parent grains exhibiting …

Periodic reverse electrodeposition of (1 1 1)-oriented nanotwinned Cu in small damascene SiO2 vias

SC Yang, DP Tran, JJ Ong, WL Chiu, HH Chang… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
It is quite challenging to electrodeposit (1 1 1)-oriented nanotwinned Cu in small damascene
SiO 2 vias because of the existence of the sidewalls of the vias. However, by tailoring …

Modulation on the twinning microstructure of Cu nanowires and its effect on oxidation behaviour

KX Chen, LY Gao, ZC Meng, ZQ Liu - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024 - Elsevier
In this study, nanotwinned Cu nanowires (nt-Cu NWs) with varying twin characteristics were
fabricated via pulse electrodeposition using a novel H 3 BO 3 based electrolyte, and their …

Electrodeposition of Cu nanowires with ultrahigh-density twin boundaries: an electrochemical perspective on nanotwinning

HC Huang, HY Chen, CN Liao - Nanoscale, 2025 - pubs.rsc.org
Many spectacular nanotwinned Cu (nt-Cu) properties depend on the spacing of adjacent
twin boundaries (TBs) inside crystal grains. The average TB spacing is typically 10–100 nm …

Mechanistic understanding of enhanced thermal stability of twinned copper nanowires

HY Chen, MC Tai, CN Liao - Materials Today Physics, 2024 - Elsevier
Thermal instability problems of nanostructured materials, including grain coarsening and
recrystallization, can be alleviated by introducing nanoscale coherent twin boundary (CTB) …

Elucidating defect effects on surface diffusivity and enhanced electromigration resistance using density functional theory

HYT Chen, HY Chen, CN Liao - 2023 IEEE Nanotechnology …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Density functional theory (DFT) calculations can be regarded as a cornerstone in modern
materials science to facilitate the materials design in nanotechnology. The introduction of …