scanning electron microscopy;
transmission electron microscopy;
X-ray diffraction;
physical vapor deposition processes;
carbides;
nanomaterials;
D O I:
10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2007.02.014
中图分类号:
O7 [晶体学];
学科分类号:
0702 ;
070205 ;
0703 ;
080501 ;
摘要:
Ti3SiC2 films were grown on polycrystalline Ti3SiC2 bulk substrates using DC magnetron sputtering. The crystallographic orientation of the film grains is shown to be determined by the respective substrate-grain orientation through homoepitaxial MAX-phase growth. For a film composition close to Ti:Si:C = 3:1:2, the films predominantly consist of MAX phases, both Ti3SiC2 and the metastable Ti4SiC3. Lower Si content resulted in growth of TiC with Ti3SiC2 as a minority phase. Thus, MAX-phase heterostructures with preferred crystallographic relationships can also be realized. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.