On the stability of MAX phase thin films [Elektronische Ressource] / Ahmed Mohammed Hasan Abdulkadhim

″On the stability of MAX phase thin films ″ Von der Fakultät für Georessourcen und Materialtechnik der Rheinisch-Westfälischen Technischen Hochschule Aachen zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades eines Doktors der Ingenieurwissenschaften genehmigte Dissertation vorgelegt von M.Sc. Ahmed Mohammed Hasan Abdulkadhim aus Bagdad, Irak Berichter: Univ.-Prof. Jochen M. Schneider, Ph.D. Berichter: Univ.-Prof. Dr.rer.nat. Joachim Mayer Tag der mündlichen Prüfung: 02. März 2011 Diese Dissertation ist auf den Internetseiten der Hochschulbibliothek online verfügbar.″On the stability of MAX phase thin films ″ The Faculty of Georesources and Materials Engineering of the RWTH Aachen University submitted by Ahmed Mohammed Hasan Abdulkadhim, M.Sc. from Baghdad, Iraq in respect of the academic degree of Doctor of Engineering approved thesis Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Jochen M. Schneider, Ph.D. Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr.rer.nat. Joachim Mayer Date of the oral examination: 02. 03. 2011 Abstract The main goal of this work is to contribute towards the basic understanding required to realize the synthesis of MAX phases (space group P6 /mmc) in 3thin film form at low substrate temperature. The phase stability of three different MAX phase systems Ti-Al-C, Cr-Al-C, and V-Al-C has been investigated along this line. The first part of this project focuses on the formation of Ti AlC and Ti AlC 2 3 2MAX phases from cubic TiC (0.