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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 February 2011
Thin films of TiC, VC and NbC have been deposited on MgO(001) by co-evaporation of C 60 and the metal. The metal induced a decomposition of the C60 cage and a subsequent carbide formation at 100 °C. Epitaxial TiC films were easily obtained at 250 °C, while higher deposition temperatures were required for epitaxial growth of VC(400 °C) and NbC(500 °C). The films grew with the relation MeC(001)//MgO(00 1) and MeC[ 100]//MgO[ 100]. It was also possible to deposit TiC/NbC/MgO polycrystalline multilayers and TiC/VC/MgO superlattices structures by a sequential evaporation of the metals.