{"id":"https://openalex.org/W7127044679","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2026.140882","title":"Relation between surface morphology, facet selection, and crystal orientation in electroless copper deposits on polycrystalline copper substrates","display_name":"Relation between surface morphology, facet selection, and crystal orientation in electroless copper deposits on polycrystalline copper substrates","publication_year":2026,"publication_date":"2026-02-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W7127044679","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2026.140882"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1016/j.tsf.2026.140882","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2026.140882","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2026.140882","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S84339699","display_name":"Thin Solid Films","issn_l":"0040-6090","issn":["0040-6090","1879-2731"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-scientific","cwts-core","dongbi-b","jufo-1","norway-1","poland-70","russia-white-list-1"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320990","host_organization_name":"Elsevier BV","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320990"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Elsevier BV"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by-nc","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Thin Solid Films","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"hybrid","oa_url":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2026.140882","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5071997339","display_name":"Ralf Br\u00fcning","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9030-7860","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9030-7860"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I163902620","display_name":"Mount Allison University","ror":"https://ror.org/03grc6f14","country_code":"CA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I163902620"]}],"countries":["CA"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Ralf Br\u00fcning","raw_affiliation_strings":["Physics Department, Mount Allison University, 67 York Street, Sackville NB, Canada E4L1E6"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9030-7860","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Physics Department, Mount Allison University, 67 York Street, Sackville NB, Canada E4L1E6","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I163902620"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5124728388","display_name":"Abhijit Singh","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0002-4235-4459","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0009-0002-4235-4459"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I163902620","display_name":"Mount Allison University","ror":"https://ror.org/03grc6f14","country_code":"CA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I163902620"]}],"countries":["CA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Abhijit Singh","raw_affiliation_strings":["Physics Department, Mount Allison University, 67 York Street, Sackville NB, Canada E4L1E6"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0002-4235-4459","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Physics Department, Mount Allison University, 67 York Street, Sackville NB, Canada E4L1E6","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I163902620"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5124710116","display_name":"Sawyer Stanley","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I163902620","display_name":"Mount Allison University","ror":"https://ror.org/03grc6f14","country_code":"CA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I163902620"]}],"countries":["CA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Sawyer Stanley","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Mount Allison University, 67 York Street, Sackville NB, Canada E4L1E6","Physics Department, Mount Allison University, 67 York Street, Sackville NB, Canada E4L1E6"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Mount Allison University, 67 York Street, Sackville NB, Canada E4L1E6","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I163902620"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Physics Department, Mount Allison University, 67 York Street, Sackville NB, Canada E4L1E6","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I163902620"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5065261975","display_name":"Mehrad Hajati","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I163902620","display_name":"Mount Allison University","ror":"https://ror.org/03grc6f14","country_code":"CA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I163902620"]}],"countries":["CA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Mehrad Hajati","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Mount Allison University, 67 York Street, Sackville NB, Canada E4L1E6"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Mount Allison University, 67 York Street, Sackville NB, Canada E4L1E6","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I163902620"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5110517341","display_name":"Tobias Bernhard","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210098619","display_name":"Atotech (Germany)","ror":"https://ror.org/014cg2q58","country_code":"DE","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210098619"]}],"countries":["DE"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Tobias Bernhard","raw_affiliation_strings":["MKS/Atotech Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, Erasmusstra\u00dfe 20, 10553 Berlin, Germany"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"MKS/Atotech Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, Erasmusstra\u00dfe 20, 10553 Berlin, Germany","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210098619"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5071650718","display_name":"Sascha Dieter","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210098619","display_name":"Atotech (Germany)","ror":"https://ror.org/014cg2q58","country_code":"DE","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210098619"]}],"countries":["DE"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Sascha Dieter","raw_affiliation_strings":["MKS/Atotech Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, Erasmusstra\u00dfe 20, 10553 Berlin, Germany"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"MKS/Atotech Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, Erasmusstra\u00dfe 20, 10553 Berlin, Germany","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210098619"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5016785939","display_name":"Gr\u00e9goire Dietrich","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210098619","display_name":"Atotech (Germany)","ror":"https://ror.org/014cg2q58","country_code":"DE","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210098619"]}],"countries":["DE"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Gr\u00e9goire Dietrich","raw_affiliation_strings":["MKS/Atotech Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, Erasmusstra\u00dfe 20, 10553 Berlin, Germany"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"MKS/Atotech Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, Erasmusstra\u00dfe 20, 10553 Berlin, Germany","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210098619"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":2,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5071997339"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I163902620"],"apc_list":{"value":3120,"currency":"USD","value_usd":3120},"apc_paid":{"value":3120,"currency":"USD","value_usd":3120},"fwci":1.5226,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":1,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.74655328,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":91,"max":95},"biblio":{"volume":"836","issue":null,"first_page":"140882","last_page":"140882"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11200","display_name":"Electrodeposition and Electroless Coatings","score":0.9965999722480774,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2508","display_name":"Surfaces, Coatings and Films"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/25","display_name":"Materials Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11200","display_name":"Electrodeposition and Electroless Coatings","score":0.9965999722480774,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2508","display_name":"Surfaces, Coatings and Films"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/25","display_name":"Materials Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11661","display_name":"Copper Interconnects and Reliability","score":0.0017000000225380063,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2504","display_name":"Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/25","display_name":"Materials Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11907","display_name":"Copper-based nanomaterials and applications","score":0.0006000000284984708,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2505","display_name":"Materials Chemistry"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/25","display_name":"Materials Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/crystal-orientation","display_name":"crystal orientation","score":0.7590000033378601},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/crystal-facets","display_name":"crystal facets","score":0.9190000295639038},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/surface-morphology","display_name":"surface morphology","score":0.9700000286102295},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/microvia-filling","display_name":"microvia filling","score":0.8349999785423279},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/printed-circuit-boards","display_name":"printed circuit boards","score":0.7760000228881836},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/2-2-bipyridine","display_name":"2,2'-bipyridine","score":0.8799999952316284},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/nickel-additive","display_name":"nickel additive","score":0.9179999828338623},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/surface-roughness","display_name":"surface roughness","score":0.8790000081062317}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C544778455","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q753","display_name":"Copper","level":2,"score":0.8564000129699707},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C43122875","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5428522","display_name":"Facet (psychology)","level":4,"score":0.8388000130653381},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C192562407","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q228736","display_name":"Materials science","level":0,"score":0.7836999893188477},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C137637335","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q899604","display_name":"Crystallite","level":2,"score":0.7738000154495239},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C16345878","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107472979","display_name":"Orientation (vector space)","level":2,"score":0.5281999707221985},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776799497","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q484298","display_name":"Surface (topology)","level":2,"score":0.5281999707221985},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2983159094","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9484729","display_name":"Electroless deposition","level":3,"score":0.5103999972343445},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C159985019","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q181790","display_name":"Composite material","level":1,"score":0.4796000123023987},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2781285689","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21921428","display_name":"Crystal (programming language)","level":2,"score":0.4648999869823456},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C191897082","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11467","display_name":"Metallurgy","level":1,"score":0.44130000472068787},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C73922627","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q754943","display_name":"Single crystal","level":2,"score":0.3368000090122223},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C3018391215","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2449377","display_name":"Flat surface","level":2,"score":0.32260000705718994},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C26456737","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q185154","display_name":"Crystal growth","level":2,"score":0.3192000091075897},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C113231013","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3064125","display_name":"Faceting","level":2,"score":0.31779998540878296},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C8010536","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q160398","display_name":"Crystallography","level":1,"score":0.3138999938964844},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199289684","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q83353","display_name":"Mineralogy","level":1,"score":0.3012000024318695},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C499950583","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q183252","display_name":"Morphology (biology)","level":2,"score":0.2800000011920929},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C115624301","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q895901","display_name":"Crystal structure","level":2,"score":0.266400009393692},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777289219","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7632154","display_name":"Substrate (aquarium)","level":2,"score":0.25040000677108765}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1016/j.tsf.2026.140882","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2026.140882","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2026.140882","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S84339699","display_name":"Thin Solid Films","issn_l":"0040-6090","issn":["0040-6090","1879-2731"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-scientific","cwts-core","dongbi-b","jufo-1","norway-1","poland-70","russia-white-list-1"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320990","host_organization_name":"Elsevier BV","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320990"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Elsevier BV"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by-nc","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Thin Solid Films","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"doi:10.2139/ssrn.5404922","doi":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5404922","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5404922","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210172589","display_name":"SSRN Electronic Journal","issn_l":"1556-5068","issn":["1556-5068"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I1318003438","host_organization_name":"RELX Group (Netherlands)","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1318003438"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"posted-content"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.1016/j.tsf.2026.140882","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2026.140882","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2026.140882","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S84339699","display_name":"Thin Solid Films","issn_l":"0040-6090","issn":["0040-6090","1879-2731"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-scientific","cwts-core","dongbi-b","jufo-1","norway-1","poland-70","russia-white-list-1"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320990","host_organization_name":"Elsevier BV","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320990"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Elsevier BV"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by-nc","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Thin Solid Films","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320322788","display_name":"Mount Allison University","ror":"https://ror.org/03grc6f14"}],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":31,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W570098613","https://openalex.org/W1979667626","https://openalex.org/W1993589797","https://openalex.org/W2010009345","https://openalex.org/W2017528482","https://openalex.org/W2024159028","https://openalex.org/W2047968138","https://openalex.org/W2073620420","https://openalex.org/W2167286571","https://openalex.org/W2296901233","https://openalex.org/W2508994243","https://openalex.org/W2586139618","https://openalex.org/W2756199906","https://openalex.org/W2803978272","https://openalex.org/W2891062054","https://openalex.org/W2899634019","https://openalex.org/W2941573575","https://openalex.org/W3040268838","https://openalex.org/W3133354371","https://openalex.org/W3183851043","https://openalex.org/W4249682853","https://openalex.org/W4285103153","https://openalex.org/W4317358907","https://openalex.org/W4377698522","https://openalex.org/W4385532443","https://openalex.org/W4387196188","https://openalex.org/W4387374178","https://openalex.org/W4402042967","https://openalex.org/W4409166128","https://openalex.org/W4409710900","https://openalex.org/W4410364608"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2070797629","https://openalex.org/W2032059180","https://openalex.org/W1984210214","https://openalex.org/W1970113115","https://openalex.org/W2082803208","https://openalex.org/W3090375102","https://openalex.org/W2531285489","https://openalex.org/W2038274364","https://openalex.org/W2371353054","https://openalex.org/W2363350893"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"The":[0,45],"relationship":[1],"between":[2,173],"surface":[3,55,121,177],"morphology":[4],"and":[5,23,81,127,147,161,176],"crystal":[6,97,174],"orientation":[7,98,139,175],"in":[8,37],"polycrystalline":[9],"films":[10,68],"is":[11,94],"investigated":[12],"using":[13],"a":[14,137,162],"quantitative":[15],"experimental":[16],"approach":[17],"that":[18],"analyzes":[19],"hundreds":[20],"of":[21,26,47,57,165],"crystals":[22],"identifies":[24],"thousands":[25],"facets.":[27,149],"Four":[28],"industry-relevant":[29],"electroless":[30,59],"copper":[31,60,67],"deposits":[32,152],"used":[33],"for":[34],"microvia":[35],"filling":[36],"high-density":[38],"interconnect":[39],"printed":[40],"circuit":[41],"boards":[42],"are":[43,85],"examined.":[44],"reliability":[46],"copper\u2013copper":[48],"interlayer":[49],"connections":[50],"depends":[51],"critically":[52],"on":[53],"the":[54,58,107,113,133],"characteristics":[56],"layer":[61],"prior":[62],"to":[63,105,132,144],"subsequent":[64],"electrodeposition.":[65],"Electroless":[66],"deposited":[69],"from":[70,116,153],"baths":[71,118,155],"stabilized":[72],"with":[73,80,96,123,136],"sodium":[74],"cyanide":[75],"or":[76],"2,2\u2032-bipyridine,":[77],"each":[78],"prepared":[79],"without":[82],"nickel":[83],"additives,":[84],"characterized.":[86],"Surface":[87],"topography":[88],"measured":[89],"by":[90,101],"atomic":[91],"force":[92],"microscopy":[93],"correlated":[95],"data":[99],"obtained":[100],"electron":[102],"backscatter":[103],"diffraction":[104],"identify":[106],"crystallographic":[108],"facet":[109,159,166,178],"types":[110],"present":[111],"at":[112],"surface.":[114,134],"Deposits":[115],"cyanide-stabilized":[117],"exhibit":[119],"angular":[120],"morphologies":[122],"smooth":[124],"low-index":[125],"{100}":[126,148],"{111}":[128],"facets":[129],"oriented":[130],"parallel":[131],"Grains":[135],"[110]":[138],"display":[140],"increased":[141],"roughness":[142],"due":[143],"alternating":[145],"{110}":[146],"In":[150],"contrast,":[151],"2,2\u2032-bipyridine-stabilized":[154],"show":[156],"more":[157],"gradual":[158],"transitions":[160],"broader":[163],"distribution":[164],"types.":[167],"Statistical":[168],"analysis":[169],"reveals":[170],"distinct":[171],"correlations":[172],"combinations.":[179]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-11-09T13:22:03.289127","created_date":"2026-02-03T00:00:00"}