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This work presents N, O K-edge x-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) and Ta L3-edge extended x-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) studies of amorphous Ta(N,O) films prepared with various flow rate ratios of N2/O2. The N and O K-edge XANES and Ta L3-edge EXAFS spectra demonstrate the presence of N2 molecules. These spectra also show that Ta(N,O) films have similar local atomic structure as that of Ta2O5. No evidence of the formation of Ta–N bond was obtained. The intensities of the π* feature in the N K-edge spectra and the features of O 2p–Ta 5d hybridized states were found to correlate with the residual stress and the refractive index, respectively. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The electronic and atomic structures of quasi-one-dimensional blue bronze K0.3MoO3 were investigated by polarization-dependent O K-edge x-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) and Mo K-edge extended x-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) measurements at various temperature and applied voltages. The O K-edge XANES spectra suggest that the number of unoccupied O 2p–Mo 4d hybridized states increases and decreases with temperature, respectively, below and above a critical temperature of 180 K. The along b-axis electric current measurements show a threshold applied voltage, beyond which the current increases rapidly. The Mo K-edge EXAFS measurements show that the Mo–O bond lengths are insensitive to the temperature even beyond 180 K. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The electronic and atomic structures of quasi-one-dimensional blue bronze K0.3MoO3 were investigated by polarization-dependent O K-edge x-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) and Mo K-edge extended x-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) measurements at various temperature and applied voltages. The O K-edge XANES spectra suggest that the number of unoccupied O 2p–Mo 4d hybridized states increases and decreases with temperature, respectively, below and above a critical temperature of 180 K. The along b-axis electric current measurements show a threshold applied voltage, beyond which the current increases rapidly. The Mo K-edge EXAFS measurements show that the Mo–O bond lengths are insensitive to the temperature even beyond 180 K. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]