A p-type Heusler compound: Growth, structure, and properties of epitaxial thin NiYBi films on MgO(100)
- Institut fuer Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Johannes Gutenberg - Universitaet, 55099 Mainz (Germany)
- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, 01187 Dresden (Germany)
- IBM Almaden Research Center, San Jose, California 95120 (United States)
- Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI), SPring-8, Hyogo 679-5198 (Japan)
Epitaxial semiconducting NiYBi thin films were directly prepared on MgO(100) substrates by magnetron sputtering. The intensity ratio of the (200) and (400) diffraction peaks, I(200)/I(400) = 2.93, was close to the theoretical value (3.03). The electronic structure of NiYBi was calculated using wien2k, and a narrow indirect band gap of width of 210 meV was found. The valence band spectra of the films obtained by linear dichroism in hard x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy exhibit clear structures that are in good agreement with the calculated band structure of NiYBi.
- OSTI ID:
- 22089516
- Journal Information:
- Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 101, Issue 21; Other Information: (c) 2012 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0003-6951
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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