Grain growth in thin film under strong temperature gradients

Abstract Grain growth in thin films has attracted lots of attention due to the numerous applications polycrystalline films, on one hand, and modified properties changes microstructure caused by thermal effects, other hand. While phenomenon grain is well understood general, effects e.g. temperature gradients leave questions open still today. In present study, we investigate influence strong films. To that aim, a three-dimensional Potts model algorithm employed, where annealing depends position within sample leading spatial heterogeneities boundary network. As consequence different mobilities, drag effect occurs network evolution serious consequences for microstructures evolving during growth.