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Bonding mechanism in the nitrides<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:msub><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">Ti</mml:mi><mml:mn>2</mml:mn></mml:msub><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">Al</mml:mi><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">N</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:math>and TiN: An experimental and theoretical investigation
The electronic structure of nanolaminate ${\mathrm{Ti}}_{2}\mathrm{Al}\mathrm{N}$ and TiN thin films has been investigated by bulk-sensitive soft x-ray emission spectroscopy. The measured Ti ${L}_{2,3}$, N $K$, Al ${L}_{1}$, and Al ${L}_{2,3}$ emission spectra are compared with calculated spectra using ab initio density-functional theory including dipole transition-matrix elements. Three different types of …