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A characteristic criterion of the growth of metallic films from discontinuous to continuous has been proposed. That is, when the electric conductivity σ of thin metallic film equals to 63.2% of the electric conductivity σ of the infinitely thick metallic film, the growth of metallic films come into continuous film. The corresponding equivalent thickness d0of the characteristic criterion can be thought of as the characteristic thickness of the growth of metal films from discontinuous to continuous. According this characteristic criterion, the characteristic thicknesses of Co films and Cu films have been given. The topography images of Co and Cu films have been observed using atomic force microscopy.
Ping Fan,Hong-Ji Qi,Kui Yi,Jian-Da Shao, andZheng-Xiu Fan
"The characteristic criterion of the growth of metallic films from discontinuous to continuous", Proc. SPIE 5774, Fifth International Conference on Thin Film Physics and Applications, (8 December 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.607271
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Ping Fan, Hong-Ji Qi, Kui Yi, Jian-Da Shao, Zheng-Xiu Fan, "The characteristic criterion of the growth of metallic films from discontinuous to continuous," Proc. SPIE 5774, Fifth International Conference on Thin Film Physics and Applications, (8 December 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.607271