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Thermoelectric properties and electronic structure of Cr(Mo,V)Nx thin films studied by synchrotron and lab-based X-ray spectroscopy
Susmita Chowdhury, Victor Hjort, Rui Shu +4
Chromium-based nitrides are used in hard, resilient coatings, and show promise for thermoelectric applications due to their combination of structural, thermal, and electronic prope…
The Origin of Ti 1s XANES Main Edge Shifts and EXAFS Oscillations in the Energy Storage Materials Ti2CTx and Ti3C2Tx MXenes
Lars-Åke Näslund, Martin Magnuson
A potential application of two-dimensional (2D) MXenes, such as Ti2CTx and Ti3C2Tx, is energy storage devices, such as supercapacitors, batteries, and hydride electrochemical cells…
Rhombohedral and Turbostratic Boron Nitride Polytypes Investigated by X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy
Weine Olovsson, Martin Magnuson
The electronic structure of rhombohedral sp2 hybridized boron nitride (r-BN) is characterized by X-ray absorption near-edge structure spectroscopy. Measurements are performed at th…
Structural changes in Ti1-xAlxN coatings during turning: A XANES and EXAFS study of worn tools
L. Rogström, M. Moreno, J. Andersson +5
Structural changes in Ti1-xAlxN coated tool inserts used for turning in 316L stainless steel were investigated by XANES, EXAFS, EDS, and STEM. For coarse-grained fcc-structured Ti1…
Review of Transition-Metal Diboride Thin Films
Martin Magnuson, Lars Hultman, Hans Högberg
We review the thin film growth, chemistry, and physical properties of Group 4-6 transition-metal diboride (TMB2) thin films with AlB2-type crystal structure (Strukturbericht design…
Elucidating Pathfinding Elements from the Kubi Gold Mine in Ghana
Gabriel K. Nzulu, Babak Bakhit, Hans Högberg +2
X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) are applied to investigate the properties of fine-grained concentrate on artisanal small-scale…
Chemical Bonding of Termination Species in 2D Carbides Investigated through Valence Band UPS/XPS of Ti3C2Tx MXene
Lars-Åke Näslund, Mikko-Heikki Mikkelä, Esko Kokkonen +1
MXenes are technologically interesting 2D materials that show potential in numerous applications. The properties of the MXenes depend at large extent on the selection of elements t…
Characterization and identification of Au pathfinder minerals from an artisanal mine site using X-ray diffraction
Gabriel Nzulu, Per Eklund, Martin Magnuson
Gold-associated pathfinder minerals have been investigated by identifying host minerals of Au for samples collected from an artisanal mining site near a potential gold mine (Kubi G…
Local chemical bonding and structural properties in Ti3AlC2 MAX phase and Ti3C2Tx MXene probed by Ti 1s X-ray absorption spectroscopy
Martin Magnuson, Lars-Åke Näslund
The chemical bonding within the transition-metal carbide materials MAX phase Ti3AlC2 and MXene Ti3C2Tx is investigated by X-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) and extended…
Interface Bonding of Zr1-xAlxN Nanocomposites Investigated by X-ray Spectroscopies and First Principles Calculations
Martin Magnuson, Weine Olovsson, Naureen Ghafoor +2
The electronic structure, chemical bonding and interface component in ZrN-AlN nanocomposites formed by phase separation during thin film deposition of metastable Zr1-xAlxN (x=0.0,…
Magnetic anisotropy in CrGeC investigated by X-ray magnetic circular dichroism and \textit{ab initio} calculations
Martin Magnuson, Maurizio Mattesini
The magnetism in the inherently nanolaminated ternary MAX-phase CrGeC is investigated by element-selective, polarization and temperature-dependent, soft X-ray absorption spec…
Reactive magnetron sputtering of tungsten target in krypton/trimethylboron atmosphere
Martin Magnuson, Lina Tengdelius, Fredrik Eriksson +5
W-B-C films were deposited on Si(100) substrates held at elevated temperature by reactive sputtering from a W target in Kr/trimethylboron (TMB) plasmas. Quantitative analysis by X-…
Vibrational Effects in X-ray Absorption Spectra of 2D Layered Materials
Weine Olovsson, Teruyasu Mizoguchi, Martin Magnuson +4
With the examples of the C -edge in graphite and the B -edge in hexagonal BN, we demonstrate the impact of vibrational coupling and lattice distortions on the X-ray absorptio…
Compositional dependence of epitaxial Tin+1SiCn MAX-phase thin films grown from a Ti3SiC2 compound target
Martin Magnusona, Lina Tengdelius, Grzegorz Greczynski +7
We investigate sputtering of a Ti3SiC2 compound target at temperatures ranging from RT (no applied external heating) to 970 oC as well as the influence of the sputtering power at 8…
Electronic Structure of Beta-Ta Films from X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy and First-principles Calculations
Martin Magnuson, Grzegorz Greczynski, Fredrik Eriksson +2
The electronic structure and chemical bonding of Beta-Ta synthesized as a thin 001-oriented film (space group P421m) is investigated by 4f core level and valence band X-ray photoel…
Polarization-dependent resonant inelastic X-ray scattering study at the Cu L and O K-edge of YBaCuO
Martin Magnuson, Thorsten Schmitt, Laurent Duda
We present a study on the high-Tc superconductor (HTSC) YBa2Cu3O7-x (YBCO) using polarization-dependent X-ray absorption and resonant inelastic X-ray scattering. High-resolution me…
Chemical bonding in carbide MXene nanosheets
Martin Magnuson, Joseph Halim, Lars-Åke Näslund
The chemical bonding in the carbide core and the surface chemistry in a new group of transition-metal carbides Tin+1Cn-Tx (n=1,2) called MXenes have been investigated by surface-se…
Chemical Bonding in Epitaxial ZrB2 Studied by X-ray Spectroscopy
Martin Magnuson, Lina Tengdelius, Grzegorz Greczynski +2
The chemical bonding in an epitaxial ZrB2 film is investigated by Zr K-edge (1s) X-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) and extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) s…
Bonding Structures of ZrHx Thin Films by X-ray Spectroscopy
Martin Magnuson, Fredrik Eriksson, Lars Hultman +1
The variation in local atomic structure and chemical bonding of ZrHx (x=0.15, 0.30, 1.16) magnetron sputtered thin films are investigated by Zr K-edge (1s) X-ray absorption near-ed…
Electronic Properties and Bonding in ZrHx Thin Films Investigated by Valence-Band X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy
Martin Magnuson, Susann Schmidt, Lars Hultman +1
The electronic structure and chemical bonding in reactively magnetron sputtered ZrHx (x=0.15, 0.30, 1.16) thin films with oxygen content as low as 0.2 at% are investigated by 4d va…
Chemical bonding and electronic-structure in MAX phases as viewed by X-ray spectroscopy and density functional theory
Martin Magnuson, Maurizio Mattesini
This is a critical review of MAX-phase carbides and nitrides from an electronic-structure and chemical bonding perspective. This large group of nanolaminated materials is of great…
Structure and Bonding in Amorphous Cr1-xCx Nanocomposite Thin Films: X-ray Absorption Spectra and First-Principles Calculation
Weine Olovsson, Björn Alling, Martin Magnuson
The local structure and chemical bonding in two-phase amorphous CrC nanocomposite thin films are investigated by Cr -edge () X-ray absorption near-edge structu…
Induced magnetism at the interfaces of a Fe/V superlattice investigated by resonant magnetic x-ray scattering
Martin Magnuson
The induced magnetic moments in the V 3d electronic states of interface atomic layers in a Fe(6ML)/V(7ML) superlattice was investigated by x-ray resonant magnetic scattering. The f…
The origin of anisotropy and high density of states in the electronic structure of CrGeC by means of polarized soft X-ray spectroscopy and ab initio calculations
Martin Magnuson, Maurizio Mattesini, Matthieu Bugnet +1
The anisotropy in the electronic structure of the inherently nanolaminated ternary phase CrGeC is investigated by bulk-sensitive and element selective soft x-ray absorption/e…