Electron energy-loss spectroscopy study of metallic Nb and Nb oxides

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 110, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Tao, Runzhe ^a   Todorovic, Ruzica ^b   Liu, Jingjing ^b   Meyer, Randall J ^b   Arnold, Andrew ^a   Walkosz, Weronika ^c   Zapol, Peter ^c   Romanenko, Alexander ^d   Cooley, Lance D ^d   Klie, Robert F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Chicago   (United States)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY CALCULATIONS; FINE STRUCTURES; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; LOW TEMPERATURES; NB OXIDES; O K-EDGES; OXIDATION STATE; OXIDE THIN FILMS; PEAK POSITION; ULTRA-THIN; VALENCE STATE;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DISSOCIATION; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRON SCATTERING; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; NIOBIUM; OXIDE FILMS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRATHIN FILMS;

NIOBIUM OXIDE;

EID: 84855326566     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3665193     Document Type: Article

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