Detailed theoretical study of ELNES spectra of AlN using Wien2k and Telnes programs
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One crucial advantage of electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) lies in its high sensitivity to local changes in the electronic structure of materials [1], and the spectra can be recorded from very small regions. This allows the study of fine features (such as composition fluctuations in alloys) which can help considerably in the characterisation of ternary Inx Ga1−x N, Alx Ga1−x N and possibly even quaternary Inx Aly Ga1−x−y N alloys. However, the complex interaction of high energy electrons with lattice atoms is not always of straightforward interpretation.
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