Thickness Effect on the Solid-State Reaction of a Ni/GaAs System

Rabhi, Selma; Oueldna, Nouredine; Perrin-Pellegrino, Carine; Portavoce, Alain; Kalna, Karol; Benoudia, Mohamed Cherif; Hoummada, Khalid

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Thickness Effect on the Solid-State Reaction of a Ni/GaAs System

Selma Rabhi, Nouredine Oueldna

, Carine Perrin-Pellegrino, Alain Portavoce, Karol Kalna

, Mohamed Cherif Benoudia

, Khalid Hoummada

Nanomaterials, Volume: 12, Issue: 15, Start page: 2633

Swansea University Author: Karol Kalna

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Ni thin films with different thicknesses were grown on a GaAs substrate using the magnetron sputtering technique followed by in situ X-ray diffraction (XRD) annealing in order to study the solid-state reaction between Ni and GaAs substrate. The thickness dependence on the formation of the intermetal...

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Thickness Effect on the Solid-State Reaction of a Ni/GaAs System

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