Deposition of Al Thin Film on Steel Substrate: The Role of Thickness on Crystallization and Grain Growth
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experimental Details
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Khachatryan, H.; Lee, S.-N.; Kim, K.-B.; Kim, M. Deposition of Al Thin Film on Steel Substrate: The Role of Thickness on Crystallization and Grain Growth. Metals 2019, 9, 12. https://doi.org/10.3390/met9010012
Khachatryan H, Lee S-N, Kim K-B, Kim M. Deposition of Al Thin Film on Steel Substrate: The Role of Thickness on Crystallization and Grain Growth. Metals. 2019; 9(1):12. https://doi.org/10.3390/met9010012
Chicago/Turabian StyleKhachatryan, Hayk, Sung-Nam Lee, Kyoung-Bo Kim, and Moojin Kim. 2019. "Deposition of Al Thin Film on Steel Substrate: The Role of Thickness on Crystallization and Grain Growth" Metals 9, no. 1: 12. https://doi.org/10.3390/met9010012