TEM AND TED INVESTIGATION OF Ag/PbTe THIN FILM BILAYERS

ĐORĐE MANDRINO^c,a and V. MARINKOVIĆ^b,a

^aJožef Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
^bUniversity of Ljubljana, Department of Metallurgy, Ašerčva 12, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
^cInstitute of Metals and Technology, Lepi pot 11, 1001 Ljubljana, Slovenia

Received 21 July 1997

Morphology and phase structure of Ag/PbTe thin film bilayers were investigated. This system was of particular interest because of interfacial reaction observed previously in an analogous Ag/SnTe system. Reaction products due to the interdiffusion of Ag with the substrate were determined as well as their orientations. They were discussed in view of the reaction products' structural relations to the PbTe.

UDC 538.795, 537.533, 538.791
PACS numbers 68.55.Jk, 68.60.Dv, 61.16.By

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