Evolution of the electronic structures of NixSiy ordered systems: experimental and theoretical investigations

Authors
Taguchi, M Le Normand, F Hommet, J Rey, S Schmerber, G Parlebas, JC
Citation
M. Taguchi et al., Evolution of the electronic structures of NixSiy ordered systems: experimental and theoretical investigations, EUR PHY J B, 18(4), 2000, pp. 611-615
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL B
ISSN journal
14346028 → ACNP
Volume
18
Issue
4
Year of publication
2000
Pages
611 - 615
Database
ISI
SICI code
1434-6028(200012)18:4<611:EOTESO>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
We study the change of the electronic structures of nickel silicides, Ni3Si and NiSi2, as well as nickel and silicon through the evolution of their va lence band X-ray photoelectron spectra (V-XPS) both experimentally and theo retically. The experimental spectra are compared to the total and partial d ensities of states using tight-binding linear muffin-tin orbital method (TB -LMTO) in the atomic sphere approximation (ASA). Good agreement is found be tween theory and experiment.