Patent ID: 8449817

Claim:
A sputter target comprising: i) greater than 40 atomic % and less than 85 atomic % molybdenum, based on the total number of atoms in the sputter target; ii) greater than 5 atomic % of a second metal element, based on the total number of atoms in the sputter target wherein the second metal element is selected from the group consisting of niobium and vanadium; and iii) greater than 5 atomic % of a third metal element, based on the total number of atoms in the sputter target, wherein the third metal element is selected from the group consisting of tantalum, chromium, vanadium, niobium, and titanium, and the third metal element is different from the second metal element: wherein the total concentration of Mo, Ti, V, Cr, Ta, and Nb in the sputter target is about 95 atomic percent or more based on the total number of atoms in the sputter target; so that the sputter target may be used for preparing a deposited film including an alloy, the alloy comprising molybdenum, the second metal element and the third metal element.