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Chemically Stable Group IV-V Transition Metal Carbide Thin Films in Hydrogen Radical Environments
Abdul Rehman, Robbert W. E. van de Kruijs, Wesley T. E. van den Beld +2
Hydrogen is playing a crucial role in the green energy transition. Yet, its tendency to react with and diffuse into surrounding materials poses a challenge. Therefore, it is critic…
Work-Function-Dependent Reduction of Transition Metal Nitrides in Hydrogen Environments
Abdul Rehman, Robbert W. E. van de Kruijs, Wesley T. E. van den Beld +2
Amidst the growing importance of hydrogen in a sustainable future, it is crucial to develop coatings that can protect hydrogen-sensitive system components in reactive hydrogen envi…
Resolving buried interfaces with Low Energy Ion Scattering
Adele Valpreda, Jacobus M. Sturm, Andrey Yakshin +1
We investigate the use of Low Energy Ion Scattering (LEIS) to characterize buried interfaces of ultra-thin films. LEIS spectra contain depth-resolved information in the so-called s…
Laser-induced electron dynamics and surface modification in ruthenium thin films
Fedor Akhmetov, Igor Milov, Sergey Semin +7
We performed the experimental and theoretical study of the heating and damaging of ruthenium thin films induced by femtosecond laser irradiation. Results of an optical pump-probe t…
Dual modulation STM: Simultaneous high-resolution mapping of the differential conductivity and local tunnel barrier height demonstrated on Au(111)
V. J. S. Oldenkotte, F. J. Witmans, M. H. Siekman +6
We present a scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) technique to simultaneously measure the topography, the local tunnel barrier height (dI/dz) and the differential conductivity (dI/d…
Limits of surface analysis of thin film compounds using LEIS
Andrey A. Zameshin, Andrey E. Yakshin, Jacobus M. Sturm +2
Low Energy Ion Scattering (LEIS) was employed to study the surface composition of thin films of Ru on B, C and B4C films at different stages of growth. Effects of surface segregati…
Emissivity of freestanding membranes with thin metal coatings
P. J. van Zwol, D. F. Vles, W. P. Voorthuijzen +5
Freestanding silicon nitride membranes with thicknesses down to a few tens of nanometers find use as TEM windows or soft X-ray spectral purity filters. As the thickness of a membra…
Extreme ultraviolet radiation induced defects in single-layer graphene
A. Gao, E. Zoethout, J. M. Sturm +2
We study extreme ultraviolet (EUV) radiation induced defects in single-layer graphene. Two mechanisms for inducing defects in graphene were separately investigated: photon induced…