Structural and morphological characterization of chemically deposited silver films

IC Estrada-Raygoza, M Sotelo-Lerma, R Ramirez-Bon

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Abstract

Silver thin films were deposited on glass slide substrates at room temperature by the chemical bath deposition (CBD) technique, using silver nitrate (AgNO3) as Ag+1 source and triethanolamine [(N(CH2CH2OH)3)] as the complex reductor agent. We determined the conditions of the CBD process to obtain homogeneous, opaque silver films with good adhesion to the substrate and white coloration. The silver films were studied by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, and atomic force microscopy. The results show that the films are composed of several layers with different morphology depending on the deposition time. In all the cases, the crystalline structure of the films was the face cubic centered phase with a moderate [111] texture. Strains and stresses were calculated by the Vook-Witt grain interaction model.

Original languageUndefined/Unknown
Pages (from-to)782-788
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids
Volume67
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2006

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
The authors are grateful to F. Brown-Bojorquez, M.A. Hernández-Landaverde, J. Márquez-Marín, and J.E. Urbina-Álvarez for their helpful technical assistance. This work was partially supported by CONACyT, Mexico (Project 43570-Y).

Keywords

  • A. Metal
  • B. Chemical synthesis
  • C. X-ray diffraction
  • D. Diffusion
  • D. Microstructure

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