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[13p-D221-7] [INVITED] Thin-film growth and characterizations of transition-metal hydrides and nitrides
Keywords:transition-metal hydrides, pulsed-laser deposition, metals
Using pulsed-laser deposition (PLD), we have investigated thin-film growth and physical properties of IV-hydrides (TiH2, ZrH2, HfH2), IV-nitrides (TiN, ZrN, HfN), Ti oxynitrides, Ti oxyhydrides, CrN, and ScN. Almost all of these transition-metal compounds exhibited metallic properties. In this paper, we will describe our results on PLD growth process and some of noticeable properties for these transition-metal compounds.