Published 1997 | Version v1
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Nanocomposite thin films of transition metal carbides fabricated using pulsed laser deposition

Creators

  • 1. Univ. of New Hampshire, Durham, NH (United States)

Description

A study has been conducted on the pulsed laser deposition (PLD) of transition metal carbides in order to examine alloying and phase formation in binary systems. Alternating layers of TiC/ZrC and ZrC/VC were deposited at 400 C and 5 mTorr Ar with nominal period thicknesses of 0.6 nm, 10.0 nm, and 50.0 nm. ZrC/VC x-ray diffraction analysis showed that the alloys were amorphous and the TiC/ZrC alloys were crystalline. The thicker films showed a higher degree of phase separation of the two compounds. Transmission electron microscopy confirmed the amorphous structure in the 0.6 nm ZrC/VC film, while the 50.0 nm film showed a layered structure and extremely fine grain size

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
Materials Research Society.
Imprint Place
Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
ISBN
1-55899-361-4
Imprint Title
Nanophase and nanocomposite materials 2
Imprint Pagination
573 p.
Series
Materials Research Society symposium proceedings, Volume 457.
Journal Page Range
p. 419-424.

Conference

Title
1996 Fall meeting of the Materials Research Society (MRS).
Dates
2-6 Dec 1996.
Place
Boston, MA (United States).

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
28072086
Subject category
S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE; S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference, Numerical Data
Descriptors DEI
AMORPHOUS STATE; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CRYSTALLIZATION; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; LASERS; MICROSTRUCTURE; THIN FILMS; TITANIUM CARBIDES; VANADIUM CARBIDES; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; ZIRCONIUM CARBIDES
Descriptors DEC
AMPLIFIERS; CARBIDES; CARBON COMPOUNDS; COHERENT SCATTERING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DATA; DIFFRACTION; EQUIPMENT; FILMS; INFORMATION; MATERIALS; NUMERICAL DATA; PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS; SCATTERING; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS; TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS; VANADIUM COMPOUNDS; ZIRCONIUM COMPOUNDS

Optional Information

Secondary number(s)
CONF-961202--.