G. Wouters et al., ELECTROCRYSTALLIZATION OF TIN IN PRESENCE OF ORGANIC ADDITIVES IN VIEW OF THE SYNTHESIS OF NIP SN MULTILAYERS/, Electrochimica acta, 40(10), 1995, pp. 1439-1453
A successful electrolytic synthesis of compositionally modulated multi
layers with small sublayer thicknesses requires a planar growth mode.
In that respect it was experienced that for the synthesis of NiP/Sn mu
ltilayers organic additives have to be added to the tin electrolyte. H
owever not all organic additives seem to be active on the P-enriched N
iP sublayers, resulting in a tin island formation instead of the 2D gr
owth required. In this paper several commercially available organic ad
ditives are evaluated as well as ''self-composed'' ones. Potentiodynam
ic polarisation and potential-time measurements during pulse current d
eposition coupled with a morphological investigation by Scanning Elect
ron Microscopy (SEM) and Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) are discussed.