Abstract
IN the course of an extended investigation into the properties of thin metal films, of the order of 50 atoms in thickness, we have observed an early stage in the crystallisation which presents peculiar properties. The films, of gold and of silver, were prepared by cathodic sputtering on various carefully cleaned surfaces—optical glass, quartz glass and the natural face of a diamond crystal. The nature of the surface has no effect on the phenomena to be described.
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H. W. Morse, C. H. Warren and J. D. H. Donnay, Amer. J. Sci., 23, 421; 1932.
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ANDRADE., E., MARTINDALE., J. Crystallisation of Metals from Sparse Assemblages. Nature 134, 321–322 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/134321a0
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