Stability of Solid State Reaction Fronts
Materials Science
2009-10-31 v1
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.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9804321,
title = {Stability of Solid State Reaction Fronts},
author = {G. Grinstein and Yuhai Tu and J. Tersoff},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9804321},
year = {2009}
}