Electron energy loss near edge structure (ELNES) spectra of AlN and AlGaN: A theoretical study using the Wien2k and Telnes programs

Micron

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 690-697

  Holec, D ^a   Costa, P M F J ^b   Cherns, P D ^a   Humphreys, C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

AlGaN; ELNES; Simulation; Telnes; Wien2k

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DISSIPATION;

CASE STUDIES; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS NEAR EDGE STRUCTURE (ELNES); ENERGY LOSS NEAR-EDGE STRUCTURE (ELNES); EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATIONS; FULL-CORE; MAGIC ANGLE (MA); MICROSCOPY DATA; PROJECTED DENSITY OF STATES (PDOS); SPECTRA (CO); WIEN 2K CODE; WURTZITE (WZ);

ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY;

ALUMINUM DERIVATIVE; ALUMINUM GALLIUM NITRIDE; ALUMINUM NITRIDE; GALLIUM; GALLIUM NITRIDE; NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON; METHODOLOGY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; ELECTRONS; GALLIUM; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOSTRUCTURES;

EID: 48049092243     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2007.10.013     Document Type: Article

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