We have carried out a first-principles study of the elastic properties and electronic structure for two roomtemperature stable Pt silicide phases, tetragonal a-Pt2Si, and orthorhombic PtSi. We have calculated all of the equilibrium structural parameters for both phases: the a and c lattice constants for a-Pt2Si and the a, b, and c lattice constants and four internal structural parameters for Pt...

perhaps the most progress has been made with alloys based on nickel and especially titanium aluminides. These alloys can Boron-containing molybdenum silicides have received some exhibit significant room temperature ductility, at least compared interest of late due to their superior low-temperature "pest" to other intermetallics, but have the major disadvantage that their resistance and comparab...

• Challenge to identify Ru silicide in photoemission resolved using plasmon features. formation induces loss peak shift of several electronvolts. Experiment and theory show excellent agreement for the identification silicides. Results from model system Ru-Si expected be applicable many metal The phase composition transition silicides are challenging with common surface analysis techniques such ...

Reactive deposition epitaxy was used to synthesize thin layers of RexMo1 _ _x8i2 on Si(lOO). In the case of x= 1, ReSi2 layers of excellent crystalline quality have been reported previously [J. E. Mahan, K. M. Geib, G. Y. Robinson, R. G. Long, Y. Xinghua, G. Bai, and M.-A. Nicolet, Appl. Phys. Lett. 56, 2439 ( 1990) ]. In the case of x = 0, however, virtually no alignment of the MoSi2 and the s...