Numéro
J. Phys. Colloques
Volume 51, Numéro C1, Janvier 1990
Proceeding of the International Congress
Intergranular and Interphase Boundaries in materials
Page(s) C1-861 - C1-866
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/jphyscol:19901135
J. Phys. Colloques 51, C1-861-C1-866 (1990)
DOI: 10.1051/jphyscol:19901135

BAND-THEORETICAL APPROACH TO BONDING AT METAL-ALUMINA INTERFACES

M. KOHYAMA1, Y. EBATA1, S. KOSE1, M. KINOSHITA1 et R. YAMAMOTO2

1  Glass and Ceramic Material Department, Government Industrial Research Institute, Osaka, 1-8-31, Midorigaoka, Ikeda, Osaka 563, Japan
2  Department of Metallurgy and Materials Science, Faculty of Engineering, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113, Japan


Abstract
The electronic structure of the interface between α-Al2O3 (0001) and Nb layers has been calculated using the empirical tight-binding method and the slab model. It has been shown that a direct chemical bond of both covalent and ionic characters can be established at the interface between the surface O atoms of α-Al2O3 and the Nb atoms, which is consistent with the recent experiment. General trends of the electronic structure and chemical bond at the interfaces between α-Al2O3 (0001) and a series of 4d transition metals have been examined. It has been observed that the occupancy in the portion of the antibonding peaks of the local density of states at the interface increases as the atomic number of the transition metal increases.