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Stability of Solid State Reaction Fronts

G. Grinstein, Yuhai Tu, J. Tersoff

cond-mat.mtrl-sciarXiv:cond-mat/9804321

Abstract

We analyze the stability of a planar solid-solid interface at which a chemical reaction occurs. Examples include oxidation, nitridation, or silicide formation. Using a continuum model, including a general formula for the stress-dependence of the reaction rate, we show that stress effects can render a planar interface dynamically unstable with respect to perturbations of intermediate wavelength.

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