Gold film with gold nitride-A conductor but harder than gold

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 86, Issue 22, 2005, Pages 1-3

  Siller L ^c   Peltekis, N ^c   Krishnamurthy, S ^c   Chao, Y ^c   Bull, S J ^a   Hunt, M R C ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS; ETCHING; GOLD COMPOUNDS; IONS; IRRADIATION; METALLIC FILMS; SPUTTERING; SURFACE PROPERTIES; UHV POWER TRANSMISSION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

GOLD COATINGS; GOLD FILMS; GOLD NITRIDE; ION SPUTTERING;

GOLD;

EID: 20844455411     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1941471     Document Type: Article

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