Texture and microstructure evolution in single-phase TixTa 1-xN alloys of rocksalt structure

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Koutsokeras, L E ^a,b   Abadias, G ^a   Patsalas, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUAL CATHODES; DUAL ION BEAM SPUTTERING; EVOLUTION OF THE MICROSTRUCTURE; GLOBAL APPLICATIONS; KINETIC MECHANISM; MICROSTRUCTURAL FEATURES; MICROSTRUCTURE EVOLUTIONS; MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES; ROCK-SALT STRUCTURE; TEXTURE EVOLUTIONS; TRANSITION METAL NITRIDES; VAPOR-DEPOSITION TECHNIQUES;

DEPOSITION; MICROSTRUCTURAL EVOLUTION; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; REFRACTORY METAL COMPOUNDS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TANTALUM; TITANIUM NITRIDE; TRANSITION METALS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

TEXTURES;

EID: 80052402394     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3622585     Document Type: Article

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