Abstract
Epitaxial predominantly phase-pure Ti7Si2C 5 thin films were grown onto Al2O3(0 0 0 1) by reactive magnetron sputtering. The c-axis lattice constant is ∼60.2 ; the Ti7Si2C5 unit cell comprises alternating Ti3SiC2-like and Ti4SiC3-like half-unit-cell stacking repeated three times. Elastic recoil detection analysis showed a few percent of nitrogen in the films from the acetylene gas used. The nitrogen-induced stabilization mechanism for Ti7Si2C 5 relative to Ti3SiC2 and Ti 4SiC3 is discussed. Electrical-transport measurements showed metallic temperature dependence and a room-temperature resistivity of ∼45 μΩ cm.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 811-814 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Scripta Materialia |
| Volume | 65 |
| Issue number | 9 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Nov 2011 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Materials Science
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Mechanics of Materials
- Mechanical Engineering
- Metals and Alloys