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The electronic energy structure (EES) of the valence band in tetragonal TiCu and Ti2Cu was studied experimentally and theoretically. The experimental study of valence band EES was carried out by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The calculations were performed in terms of the cluster version of multiple scattering theory in a self-consistent field approximation. The results are compared with X-ray emission spectroscopy data available in the literature. The density of state curves agree well with spectroscopic data. The major contribution to XPS is from the copper d-states. The specifics of chemical bonding in the compounds leading to the observed changes in the shape of the valence band X-ray photoelectron spectra are discussed.
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Gelius, U., Kolpachev, A.B., Kolpacheva, O.V. et al. Electronic Energy Structure of TiCu and Ti2Cu. Journal of Structural Chemistry 42, 578–582 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1013185624613
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