Stability of Solid State Reaction Fronts

G. Grinstein, Yuhai Tu, and J. Tersoff
Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 2490 – Published 21 September 1998
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Abstract

We analyze the stability of a planar solid-solid interface at which a chemical reaction occurs. Examples include oxidation, nitridation, or silicide formation. Using a continuum model, including a general formula for the stress dependence of the reaction rate, we show that stress effects can render a planar interface dynamically unstable with respect to perturbations of intermediate wavelength.

  • Received 30 April 1998

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.2490

©1998 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

G. Grinstein, Yuhai Tu, and J. Tersoff

  • IBM Research Division, T. J. Watson Research Center, P.O. Box 218, Yorktown Heights, New York 10598

Comments & Replies

Grinstein et al. Reply:

G. Grinstein, Yuhai Tu, and J. Tersoff
Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 657 (1999)

Comment on “Stability of Solid State Reaction Fronts”

V. P. Zhdanov
Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 656 (1999)

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Vol. 81, Iss. 12 — 21 September 1998

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