PT Unknown AU Il'in, KS Karasik, BS Ptitsina, NG Sergeev, AV Gol'tsman, GN Gershenzon, EM Pechen, EV Krasnosvobodtsev, SI TI Electron-phonon-impurity interference in thin NbC films: electron inelastic scattering time and corrections to resistivity SE Czech. J. Phys. PY 1996 BP 857 EP 858 VL 46 IS S2 DI 10.1007/BF02583736 DE NbC films AB Complex study of transport properties of impure NbC films with the electron mean free pathl=0.6–13 nm show the crucial role of the electron-phonon-impurity interference (EPII). In the temperature range 20–70 K we found the interference correction to resistivity proportional to T2 and to the residual resistivity of the film. Using the comprehensive theory of EPII, we determine the electron coupling with transverse phonons and calculate the electron inelastic scattering time. Direct measurements of the inelastic electron scattering time using a response to a high-frequency amplitude modulated cw radiation agree well with the theory. ER