Structure and electronic properties of conducting, ternary Ti xTa1-xN films

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 105, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Matenoglou, G M ^a   Lekka, Ch E ^a   Koutsokeras, L E ^a   Karras, G ^a   Kosmidis, C ^a   Evangelakis, G A ^a   Patsalas, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AB INITIO CALCULATIONS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE CALCULATIONS; INTER-BAND TRANSITION; LOCAL STRUCTURE; OPTICAL ABSORPTION BANDS; OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY; PERIODIC TABLE OF ELEMENTS; PLASMA ENERGY; ROCK-SALT STRUCTURE; SPECTROSCOPIC METHOD; TRANSITION METAL NITRIDES; UNOCCUPIED STATE; VALENCE ELECTRON;

ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; FILM GROWTH; METALLIC FILMS; NITRIDES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; TANNING; TANTALUM; TANTALUM COMPOUNDS; TERNARY SYSTEMS; TITANIUM NITRIDE; TRANSITION METALS;

STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 66549095704     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3131824     Document Type: Article

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