TY - JOUR
T1 - Thermodynamics of the B-Ca, B-Sr, and B-Ba systems
T2 - Applications for the fabrications of CaB6, SrB6, and BaB6 thin films
AU - Shang, Shunli
AU - Liu, Zi Kui
N1 - Funding Information:
This work is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) through Grant Nos. DMR-0510180 and DMR-0205232.
Copyright:
Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - Using the thermodynamic descriptions previously modeled in the boron-alkaline earth metal systems, B-Ca, B-Sr, and B-Ba, the pressure-temperature phase diagrams of these systems have been obtained in the present work, which provide insights into appropriate processing conditions for depositions of the divalent alkaline-earth metal hexaborides, Ca B6, Sr B6, and Ba B6. The present work indicates that the lower the growth pressures, the wider the growth temperature ranges and, in turn, the more favorite control of the growth of thin films for the ferromagnetic hexaborides.
AB - Using the thermodynamic descriptions previously modeled in the boron-alkaline earth metal systems, B-Ca, B-Sr, and B-Ba, the pressure-temperature phase diagrams of these systems have been obtained in the present work, which provide insights into appropriate processing conditions for depositions of the divalent alkaline-earth metal hexaborides, Ca B6, Sr B6, and Ba B6. The present work indicates that the lower the growth pressures, the wider the growth temperature ranges and, in turn, the more favorite control of the growth of thin films for the ferromagnetic hexaborides.
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U2 - 10.1063/1.2710081
DO - 10.1063/1.2710081
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33847671283
SN - 0003-6951
VL - 90
JO - Applied Physics Letters
JF - Applied Physics Letters
IS - 9
M1 - 091914
ER -