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P: Fachverband Plasmaphysik
P 19: Poster: Theorie und Modellierung
P 19.11: Poster
Thursday, February 28, 2013, 14:00–16:00, Poster EG
Formation of nanocolumns in a metal-Teflon nanocomposite: Experiments and Kinetic Monte Carlo simulations — Lasse Rosenthal1, •Michael Bonitz1, Franz Faupel2, and Thomas Strunskus2 — 1Institut für Theoretische Physik und Astrophysik, CAU-Kiel — 2Institut für Materialwissenschaft, CAU-Kiel
One-dimensional nanoscale objects are predicted to have growing potential for many possible future nanoscale applications including electrical, optical and magnetic devices [1]. Of particular interest are ferromagnetic arrays [2] containing parallel monodispersed metallic nanocolumns and their potential use for ultrahigh-density magnetic recording media. Experiments [3] have shown that fabrication of such nanocomposites can benefit from the self-organized growth of metallic nanocolumns during the vapor-phase codeposition of metal and polymer, allowing for a single-step production process of ultrahigh-density nanocolumnar structures embedded in a polymer matrix. Our aim is to present a kinetic Monte Carlo approach [4] which provides a detailed understanding of the coupled cluster processes that are crucial for the self-organized formation of metallic nanocolumns. The dependence of the metallic filling factor and different column geometries on the deposition parameters is discussed and opposed to experimental results.
[1] S. Ge et al., Adv. Mater., 17, 56 (2005).
[2] S. Khizoroev and D. Litvinov, J. Appl. Phys., 95, 4521 (2004).
[3] H. Greve et al., Appl. Phys. Lett. 88, 123103 (2006).
[4] M. Bonitz et al., Contrib. Plasm. Phys., 52, 890 (2012).