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For the case of RF ion plating of nickel films on basal orientation sapphire substrates, ion bombardment during deposition was shown to have significant effects on the nucleation and growth behavior of the films. Bombardment enhanced adatom mobility was sufficient to result in a crystallographic orientation relationship between the film and the substrate, with close packed planes and directions being parallel. Ion bombardment was not sufficient, however, to produce any interfacial reaction phases in the as-deposited condition. A nickel aluminate spinel did form at the interface upon heat treatment (1000$\\sp\\circ$C, 2 hrs.) and was always crystallographically related to the substrate, independent of the as-deposited crystallography. Qualitatively, metallic films were more resistant to disbonding than oxide films, with a strong interface being achieved via ion-assisted deposition.","Made available in DSpace on 2011-05-07T13:09:29Z (GMT). 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