Synthesis of faceted crystal grains of titanium nitride using titanium oxides, boron nitride, and sodium

Thermal stability of a-titanium in contact with titanium nitride

The thermal stability of an a-Ti film in contact with a d-TiN film in the structure of a TiN/Ti/TiN film stack on SiO2 substrates was studied by in situ sheet resistance (Rs) measurement, Auger electron spectroscopy, glancing angle x-ray diffractometry, cross-sectional transmission electron microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and atomic force microscopy. It was found that nitrogen dissolv...

Dual Templating Synthesis of Mesoporous Titanium Nitride Microspheres

Adv. Mater. 2009, 21, 1–5 2009 WILEY-VCH Verlag Gmb The synthesis of new porousmaterials remains an exciting area of research, in part because of their potential use in diverse applications. Materials having hierarchically porous nanostructures (such as bimodal mesoporous, meso–macroporous, or mesoporous–hollow materials) are particularly intriguing because they can uncouple overall mass transp...

Direct synthesis of titanium nitride by laser-plasma

Experimental demonstration of titanium nitride plasmonic interconnects.

An insulator-metal-insulator plasmonic interconnect using TiN, a CMOS-compatible material, is proposed and investigated experimentally at the telecommunication wavelength of 1.55 µm. The TiN waveguide was shown to obtain propagation losses less than 0.8 dB/mm with a mode size of 9.8 µm on sapphire, which agree well with theoretical predictions. A theoretical analysis of a solid-state structure ...

Interface Investigations on Titanium Nitride Bilayer Systems

Nanocomposite coatings composed of two phases with atomically sharp phase boundaries, show interesting mechanical properties. These properties are often originating from their high interface to volume ratio. Composites of nanocrystalline titanium nitride (TiN) grains surrounded by a one to two monolayer thick interlayer of silicon nitride (Si3N4) show an enhanced nanohardness. The central theme...