| People | Locations | Statistics |
|---|---|---|
| Naji, M. |
| |
| Motta, Antonella |
| |
| Aletan, Dirar |
| |
| Mohamed, Tarek |
| |
| Ertürk, Emre |
| |
| Taccardi, Nicola |
| |
| Kononenko, Denys |
| |
| Petrov, R. H. | Madrid |
|
| Alshaaer, Mazen | Brussels |
|
| Bih, L. |
| |
| Casati, R. |
| |
| Muller, Hermance |
| |
| Kočí, Jan | Prague |
|
| Šuljagić, Marija |
| |
| Kalteremidou, Kalliopi-Artemi | Brussels |
|
| Azam, Siraj |
| |
| Ospanova, Alyiya |
| |
| Blanpain, Bart |
| |
| Ali, M. A. |
| |
| Popa, V. |
| |
| Rančić, M. |
| |
| Ollier, Nadège |
| |
| Azevedo, Nuno Monteiro |
| |
| Landes, Michael |
| |
| Rignanese, Gian-Marco |
|
Van De Kruijs, Robbert
University of Twente
in Cooperation with on an Cooperation-Score of 37%
Topics
Publications (22/22 displayed)
- 2024Structural pathways for ultrafast melting of optically excited thin polycrystalline Palladium filmscitations
- 2024Oxidation of thin film binary entropy alloys
- 2022Relation between composition and fracture strength in off-stoichiometric metal silicide free-standing membranescitations
- 2022Fracture Toughness of Free-Standing ZrSiₓ Thin Films Measured Using Crack-on-a-Chip Methodcitations
- 2021Strengthening ultrathin Si3N4 membranes by compressive surface stresscitations
- 2021Hydrogen etch resistance of aluminium oxide passivated graphitic layerscitations
- 2018Damage accumulation in thin ruthenium films induced by repetitive exposure to femtosecond XUV pulses below the single-shot ablation thresholdcitations
- 2017In-vacuo growth studies and thermal oxidation of ZrO2 thin films
- 2017In vacuo low-energy ions scattering studies of ZrO2 growth by magnetron sputtering
- 2017Detection of defect populations in superconductor boron subphosphide B12P2 through X-ray absorption spectroscopycitations
- 2016In-vacuo growth studies of ZrO2 thin films
- 2016Structure of high-reflectance La/B-based multilayer mirrors with partial La nitridationcitations
- 2016Growth kinetics of Ru on Si, SiN and SiO2 studied by in-vacuo low energy ion scattering (LEIS)
- 2016Exploiting the P L2,3 absorption edge for optics: spectroscopic and structural characterization of cubic boron phosphide thin filmscitations
- 2015Determination of oxygen diffusion kinetics during thin film ruthenium oxidationcitations
- 2014Subwavelength single layer absorption resonance antireflection coatingscitations
- 2013Engineering optical constants for broadband single layer anti-reflection coatings
- 2012Chemical interactions at the interfaces of Mo/B4C/Si/B4C multilayers upon low-temperature annealing
- 2012Multilayer development for the generation beyond EUV: 6.x nm
- 2010Enhanced diffusion upon amorphous-to-nanocrystalline phase transition in Mo/B4C/Si layered systemscitations
- 2009In-depth agglomeration of d-metals at Si-on-Mo interfacescitations
- 2009Chemically mediated diffusion of d-metals and B through Si and agglomeration at Si-on-Mo interfacescitations
Places of action
| Organizations | Location | People |
|---|
article
Structural pathways for ultrafast melting of optically excited thin polycrystalline Palladium films
Abstract
<p>Due to its extremely short timescale, the non-equilibrium melting of metals is exceptionally difficult to probe experimentally. The knowledge of melting mechanisms is thus based mainly on the results of theoretical predictions. This work reports on the investigation of ultrafast melting of thin polycrystalline Pd films studied by optical laser pump – X-ray free-electron laser probe experiments and molecular-dynamics simulations. By acquiring X-ray diffraction snapshots with sub-picosecond resolution, we capture the sample's atomic structure during its transition from the crystalline to the liquid state. Bridging the timescales of experiments and simulations allows us to formulate a realistic microscopic picture of the crystal-liquid transition. According to the experimental data, the melting process gradually accelerates with the increasing density of deposited energy. The molecular dynamics simulations reveal that the transition mechanism progressively varies from heterogeneous, initiated inside the material at structurally disordered grain boundaries, to homogenous, proceeding catastrophically in the crystal volume on a picosecond timescale comparable to that of electron-phonon coupling. We demonstrate that the existing models of strongly non-equilibrium melting, developed for systems with relatively weak electron-phonon coupling, remain valid even for ultrafast heating rates achieved in femtosecond laser-excited Pd. Furthermore, we highlight the role of pre-existing and transiently generated crystal defects in the transition to the liquid state.</p>