Beilstein J. Nanotechnol.2018,9, 954–962, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.89
temperature affect the columnar tilt angles and the porosity of the sculptured thin films. Exemplarily for tilted Al columns deposited at 77 K and at 300 K, in-plane pole figure measurements are carried out. A tendency to form a biaxialtexture as well as a change in the crystalline structure depending on the
substrate temperature is found for those films.
Keywords: biaxialtexture; metallic tilted columns; oblique angle deposition; porosity; shadowing; thin films; Introduction
The ability to produce highly porous metallic thin films is a substantial issue for a large number of applications [1]. For instance
agreement to the expected angle between (100) and (111) lattice planes. The pole density maxima are separated by an azimuthal angle φ = 90°. This well-defined pole density distribution reveals a mostly biaxialtexture of the Al columns. There is also a low density ring connecting each two pole density
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Figure 1:
Cross-sectional (top) and top-view (bottom) SEM images of tilted Al columns deposited at an inciden...