3 papers
cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026
Thin film synthesis of SrZn2P2 with SrI2 post-annealing for enhanced crystallinity and optoelectronic quality
Sita Dugu, Shaham Quadir, Christopher P. Muzzillo +11
Ternary Zintl phosphides are promising light-absorbing semiconductors for thin-film optoelectronic applications, but strategies for controlling their microstructure and optoelectro…
cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026
Thin-Film Stabilization and Magnetism of η-Carbide Type Iron Nitrides
Baptiste Julien, Abrar Rauf, Liam A. V. Nagle-Cocco +4
Transition-metal nitrides in η-carbide type structures exhibit unusual bonding motifs and proximity to magnetic instabilities. Yet they remain unexplored in thin-film form due to t…
cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025
Structural stability, elemental ordering, and transport properties of layered ScTaN2
Baptiste Julien, Ian A. Leahy, Rebecca W. Smaha +4
Some ternary TM nitrides are predicted to adopt layered structures that make them interesting for thermoelectric conversion and quantum materials applications. Synthesis of TM tern…