This research is based upon the hypothesis that there is a relationship between devitrification temperature and the microstructure of Ni-Ti films that are initially deposited in an amorphous state and then subsequently annealed to induce crystallization. This is a fully testable hypothesis, amenable to parametric control of annealing temperatures, annealing times, dynamic observations, and high spatial resolution characterization of the crystallized product.
1Postdoctoral Researcher