Crystalline zinc microflakes by thermal evaporation of zinc metal on glass

Authors

  • Bess G. Singidas ⋅ PH National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman
  • Mark Francis de Leon ⋅ PH National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman
  • Mel Anthony Duldulao ⋅ PH National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman
  • Francesca Isabel de Vera ⋅ PH National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman
  • Myles Allen Zosa ⋅ PH National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman
  • Oliver Semblante ⋅ PH National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman
  • Roland V. Sarmago ⋅ PH National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman

Abstract

A simple method of thermally evaporating a zinc metal pellet in high vacuum has produced a novel form of micron-sized zinc flakes on glass substrates. Most of the flakes are highly oriented along the [001] direction, and a few hundred nanometers thick. The flakes grew sparsely on the substrate and have 6-fold rotational symmetry with respect to an axis normal to the substrate. The grown structures are evidence of a mechanism consistent with the relative surface energy calculations for hexagonal close packed crystals.

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2009-10-28

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2009: Proceedings of the 27th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Congress

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Poster Session PA

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“Crystalline zinc microflakes by thermal evaporation of zinc metal on glass”, Proc. SPP, vol. 27, no. 1, p. SPP-2009-PA-40, Oct. 2009, Accessed: Apr. 11, 2026. [Online]. Available: https://proceedings.spp-online.org/article/view/SPP-2009-PA-40