Solid-State Dewetting of Thin Films

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All-dielectric nanophotonics: the quest for better materials and fabrication techniques (2017, unknown): “The film thickness has a direct influence on the dewetting process (the lower the thickness, the higher the driving force for dewetting) [112], therefore dewetting can be carried out at temperatures lower than the melting threshold of the thin film material.”
Plasmonic Films Can Easily Be Better: Rules and Recipes (2015, background): “Dewetting is a process driven by minimization of surface energy and can occur at temperatures well below the melting point of the material.(12) Noble metals deposited on oxidecoated Si are particularly susceptible to this effect since weak adhesion at the metal-substrate interface”