Measurement and ab initio Investigation of Structural, Electronic, Optical, and Mechanical Properties of Sputtered Aluminum Nitride Thin Films

We report our results on highly textured aluminum nitride (AlN) thin films deposited on glass substrates, oriented along the c-axis, using DC-magnetron sputtering technique for different values of back pressure. The structural, electronic, optical, piezoelectric, dielectric, and elastic properties o...

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Main Authors: A. M. Alsaad, Qais M. Al-Bataineh, I. A. Qattan, Ahmad A. Ahmad, A. Ababneh, Zaid Albataineh, Ihsan A. Aljarrah, Ahmad Telfah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Physics
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphy.2020.00115/full