Growth of Highly Oriented (VNbMoTaW)S2 Layers

K Tanaka, H Zaid, T Aoki, A Deshpande, K Hojo… - Nano Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
Compositional tunability, an indispensable parameter for modifying the properties of
materials, can open up new applications for van der Waals (vdW) layered materials such as …

Need for complementary techniques for reliable characterization of MoS2-like layers

A Deshpande, K Hojo, K Tanaka, P Arias… - Journal of Vacuum …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The observation of characteristic A1g and E1 2g peaks, at around 408 and 382 cm− 1,
respectively, in Raman spectroscopy is considered the evidence of 2H-structured MoS2 …

Diffusion bonding of implantable Al2O3/Ti-13Nb-13Zr joints: Interfacial microstructure and mechanical properties

H Bian, Y Liu, X Song, W Long, W Fu, Y Chen… - Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, implantable Al 2 O 3/Ti-13Nb-13Zr (TNZ) alloy joints were achieved by diffusion
bonding. The effects of bonding temperature and holding time on interfacial microstructure …

hBN-Layer-Promoted Heteroepitaxy in Reactively Sputter-Deposited MoSx≈2(0001)/Al2O3(0001) Thin Films: Implications for Nanoelectronics

A Deshpande, K Hojo, K Tanaka, P Arias… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2023 - ACS Publications
We show that van der Waals (vdW)-bonded hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) promotes
heteroepitaxial growth of semiconducting MoS x (0001)(x= 2.0±0.1) thin films on Al2O3 …

Borazine Promoted Growth of Highly Oriented Thin Films

K Tanaka, P Arias, K Hojo, T Watanabe, ME Liao… - Nano Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
We report on a phenomenon, where thin films sputter-deposited on single-crystalline Al2O3
(0001) substrates exposed to borazine─ a precursor commonly used for the synthesis of …

Effects of ultra-low ethylene partial pressure on microstructure and composition of reactively sputter-deposited Ta–C thin films

K Tanaka, A Aleman, ME Liao, Y Wang, MS Goorsky… - Thin Solid Films, 2019 - Elsevier
We report on the effects of low ethylene (C 2 H 4) partial pressures (6.7× 10− 5≤ P c≤ 6.7×
10− 2 Pa) on the composition and microstructure of Ta–C thin films grown on MgO (001) …

Ultra-high vacuum dc magnetron sputter-deposition of 0001-textured trigonal α-Ta2C/Al2O3 (0001) thin films

K Tanaka, A Aleman, H Zaid, ME Liao, K Hojo, Y Wang… - Materialia, 2020 - Elsevier
We report on the effects of substrate temperature (1073 K≤ T s≤ 1373 K) and deposition
time t (= 3~ 30 min.) on the crystallinity of Ta 2 C/Al 2 O 3 (0001) thin films grown via ultra …

The relationship between the thermoelectric power and resultant solidification microstructures of Al-Si melt under electromagnetic field

Q Lan, C Cheng, J Zhang, R Guo, Q Le - Materials Chemistry and Physics, 2019 - Elsevier
In this paper, the thermoelectric power of hypo/hyper-eutectic Al-Si alloys melt induced by
electromagnetic fields has been researched, as well as the resultant microstructures …

Size-dependent yielding and strain-hardening of compositionally-enriched body-centered cubic VNbTaMoW alloy

H Zaid, A Aleman, S Kodambaka - Scripta Materialia, 2020 - Elsevier
We investigated the size-dependent mechanical responses of a polycrystalline body-
centered cubic bulk VNbTaMoW alloy compositionally-enriched with carbon and nitrogen …

Mechanical properties of compositionally-rich body-centered cubic VNbTaMoW alloy

H Zaid, JW Stremfel, K Tanaka, M Liao, MS Goorsky… - Materialia, 2020 - Elsevier
We determined the mechanical properties, microstructure, and composition of a VNbTaMoW
alloy enriched with carbon, oxygen, and nitrogen using a combination of nano-and micro …