Published December 1, 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

Interface structure of epitaxial (111) VN films on (111) MgO substrates

  • 1. Institute of General Physics, Vienna University of Technology, Getreidemarkt 9, A-1000 Vienna (Austria)
  • 2. Department of Materials Physics, University of Leoben, Jahnstr.12, A-8700 Leoben (Austria)
  • 3. Erich Schmid Institute of Materials Science, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Jahnstr.12, A-8700 Leoben (Austria)
  • 4. Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Vienna, Sensengasse 8, A-1000 Vienna (Austria)
  • 5. Department of Physical Metallurgy and Materials Testing, University of Leoben, Roseggerstr.12, A-8700 Leoben (Austria)

Description

Vanadium nitride VN was grown epitaxially on (111) MgO by reactive magnetron sputtering. The substrate preparation and deposition conditions cause an interface roughness of 2-3 nm. The lattice mismatch of cube-on-cube orientation relationship between (111) VN and (111) MgO is relaxed by misfit dislocations. Ab-initio simulations were employed to calculate the lowest energy configuration of the coherent parts of the interface. This is accomplished by an O termination of the MgO and V termination of VN at the interface

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2008.06.006

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.tsf.2008.06.006;
PII
S0040-6090(08)00643-3;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Thin Solid Films
Journal Volume
517
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 1177-1181
ISSN
0040-6090
CODEN
THSFAP

Conference

Title
35. international conference on metallurgical coatings and thin films (ICMCTF)
Dates
28 Apr - 2 May 2008
Place
San Diego, CA (United States)

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