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Synthesis Induced by Laser Irradiation at Liquid/Solid Interfaces

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2011

Siu-Wai Chan ,
D. Dijkkamp ,
X. D. Wu ,
T. Venkatesan  and
C. C. Chang
Siu-Wai Chan
Affiliation:
Bell Communications Research, Inc., Red Bank, NJ 07701
D. Dijkkamp
Affiliation:
Bell Communications Research, Inc., Red Bank, NJ 07701
X. D. Wu
Affiliation:
Physics Department, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854
T. Venkatesan
Affiliation:
Bell Communications Research, Inc., Red Bank, NJ 07701
C. C. Chang
Affiliation:
Bell Communications Research, Inc., Red Bank, NJ 07701
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Abstract

Synthesis of transition metal nitrides induced by excimer laser irradiation of metal foils immersed in liquid nitrogen was studied. Nitrogen incorporation was found by sputtering Auger Electron Spectroscopy in all six investigated metals (Ti, Zr, Hf, V, Nb and Ta). X-ray diffraction was used to determine the compounds formed. The morphologies of the irradiated surfaces often indicated that the surfaces had gone through a molten state. Micronthick mononitrides were grown on Ti, Zr and Hf, whereas Ta and Nb formed Ta2N and Nb2N respectively. The nitrides on V were not satisfactorily identified. The extent of nitridation correlates with the thermodynamic driving force, i.e. the Gibbs free energy for nitride formation.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 74: Symposium A – Beam-Solid Interactions and Transient Processes , 1986 , 287
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1987

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