| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10653182 | Solid State Communications | 2005 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
Polycrystalline bulk materials of Bi93Sb7 Bi88Sb12, Bi85Sb15 and Bi80Sb20 were synthesized by melt-quench technique starting from the stoichiometric mixture of constituent elements. The phase purity and compositional uniformity of bulk materials were investigated using powder X-ray diffraction (XRD) and proton induced X-ray emission (PIXE) experiments. The single phase formation and the compositional analysis of thin films were confirmed by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy (RBS). X-ray diffraction studies confirmed the phase homogeneity of the materials. Atomic concentration ratio of constituent elements (Bi and Sb) determined by PIXE and RBS revealed that near-stoichiometric composition is nearly the same in the bulk as well as in thin film forms.
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Authors
Ramesh Chandra Mallik, V. Damodara Das,