Structural properties of epitaxial α-U thin films on Ti, Zr, W and Nb

R. Nicholls, D. A. Chaney, G. H. Lander +2

Thin layers of orthorhombic uranium (α-U) have been grown onto buffered sapphire substrates by d.c. magnetron sputtering, resulting in the discovery of new epitaxial matches to Ti(…