Theory of orientation textures due to surface energy anisotropies |
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Authors: | Jean E Taylor John W Cahn |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Mathematics, Rutgers University, 08903 New Brunswick, NJ;(2) Institute for Materials Science and Engineering, NBS, 20899 Gaithersburg, MD |
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Abstract: | The effect of surface free energy on the orientation of nuclei on a substrate is examined. In general, the orientation of
the nuclei is not determined by minimizing the nucleus-substrate interfacial free energy alone: all interfacial anisotropies
must be considered. That orientation preferences should result from anisotropies in the substrate-nucleus interfacial free
energies is obvious, but we find that strong orientation effects are present even if this energy is assumed to be independent
of the nucleus orientation, provided that the nutrient-nucleus interfacial free energies are anisotropic. Furthermore, varying
the magnitude of even an isotropic nucleus-substrate energy will change the orientation of the nuclei. The theory points to
some simple rules for prediction of nucleation orientations. |
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Keywords: | Surface free energy nucleation orientation substrate orientation |
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