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Aluminum Nitride

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Synonyms

AlN; Aluminum nitride; Aluminum(III) nitride

Definition

Aluminum nitride, whose chemical formula is AlN, is a nitride of aluminum.

Introduction

Aluminum nitride, whose chemical formula is AlN, is widely known as a nitride with particularly interesting properties. It was first prepared in 1862 and has since been developed as an advanced material [1]. Its development has taken two different primary directions. First, it has been developed as a nitride ceramic material and regarded as a possible candidate as a structural material. Second, aluminum nitride has attracted enormous attention as a member of the III–V nitride semiconductor group. Al-N bonds are partially covalent, but they also show some ionic characteristics.

Structures

When crystallized, aluminum nitride assumes one of three different structures (Table 1) [2]. Hexagonal aluminum nitride, the common phase, has a wurtzite-type structure with a = 0.3110–0.3113 nm and c = 0.4978–0.4982 nm. The c/aratio (1.600–1.602)...

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  1. Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Okubo-3, 169-8555, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan

    Yoshiyuki Sugahara

  2. Kagami Memorial Research Institute for Materials Science and Technology, Waseda University, Nishiwaseda-2, 162-0051, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan

    Yoshiyuki Sugahara

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Sugahara, Y. (2015). Aluminum Nitride. In: Kobayashi, S., Müllen, K. (eds) Encyclopedia of Polymeric Nanomaterials. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36199-9_381-1

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