{10} edge dislocations in YSZ films grown on (100)MgO by PLD

1994 ◽  
Vol 52 ◽  
pp. 530-531
Author(s):  
Jason R. Heffelfinger ◽  
C. Barry Carter
Keyword(s):  
Thin Films ◽  
Semiconductor Lasers ◽  
Vapor Deposition ◽  
Substrate Surface ◽  
Laser System ◽  
Average Energy ◽  
Target Material ◽  
Chemical Vapor ◽  
Buffer Layers ◽  
Organic Chemical

Yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) is currently used in a variety of applications including oxygen sensors, fuel cells, coatings for semiconductor lasers, and buffer layers for high-temperature superconducting films. Thin films of YSZ have been grown by metal-organic chemical vapor deposition, electrochemical vapor deposition, pulse-laser deposition (PLD), electron-beam evaporation, and sputtering. In this investigation, PLD was used to grow thin films of YSZ on (100) MgO substrates. This system proves to be an interesting example of relationships between interfaces and extrinsic dislocations in thin films of YSZ.In this experiment, a freshly cleaved (100) MgO substrate surface was prepared for deposition by cleaving a lmm-thick slice from a single-crystal MgO cube. The YSZ target material which contained 10mol% yttria was prepared from powders and sintered to 85% of theoretical density. The laser system used for the depositions was a Lambda Physik 210i excimer laser operating with KrF (λ=248nm, 1Hz repetition rate, average energy per pulse of 100mJ).

Observations on the Growth of YBa2Cu3O7 Thin Films at Very High Laser Fluences

1995 ◽  
Vol 388 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rand R. Biggers. ◽  
M. Grant Norton ◽  
I. Maartense ◽  
T.L. Peterson ◽  
E. K. Moser ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Films ◽  
Substrate Surface ◽  
Chemical Vapor ◽  
Growth Conditions ◽  
Organic Chemical ◽  
High Fluences ◽  
Laser Fluences ◽  
High Laser ◽  
High Laser Fluences ◽  
Very High

AbstractThe pulsed-laser deposition (PLD) technique utilizes one of the most energetic beams available to form thin films of the superconducting oxide YBa2Cu3O7 (YBCO). IN this study we examine the growth of YBCO at very high laser fluences (25 to 40 J/cm2); a more typical fluence for PLD would be nearer to 3 J/cm2. the use of high fluences leads to unique film microstructures which, in some cases, appear to be related to the correspondingly higher moveabilities of the adatoms. Films grown on vicinal substrates, using high laser fluences, exhibited well-defined elongated granular morphologies (with excellent transition temperature, Tc, and critical current density, Jc). Films grown on vicinal substrates using off-axis magnetron sputtering, plasma-enhanced metal organic chemical vapor deposition (PE-MOCVD), or PLD at more typical laser fluences showed some similar morphologies, but less well-defined. Under certain growth conditions, using high laser fluences with (001) oriented substrates, the YBCO films can exhibit a mixture of a- and c-axis growth where both crystallographic orientations nucleate on the substrate surface at the same time, and grow in concert. the ratio of a-axis oriented to c-axis oriented grains is strongly affected by the pulse repetition rate of the laser.

Properties of Tin Oxide Films Prepared by MOCVD

2004 ◽  
Vol 449-452 ◽  
pp. 997-1000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gwang Pyo Choi ◽  
Yong Joo Park ◽  
Whyo Sup Noh ◽  
Jin Seong Park
Keyword(s):  
Thin Films ◽  
Oxygen Content ◽  
Tin Oxide ◽  
Vapor Deposition ◽  
Chemical Vapor ◽  
Organic Chemical ◽  
Metal Organic ◽  
Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition ◽  
Tin Oxide Films ◽  
N2 Annealing

Tin oxide thin films were deposited at 375 °C on α-alumina substrate by metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) process. A number of hillocks on the film were formed after air annealing at 500 °C for 30 min and few things in N2 annealing. The oxygen content and the binding energy after air annealing came to close the stoichiometric SnO2. The cauliflower hillocks of the film seem to be formed by the continuous migration of crystallites from a cauliflower grain on the substrate to release the stress due to the increase of oxygen content and volume.

Transparent conducting indium oxide thin films grown by low-temperature metal organic chemical vapor deposition

2007 ◽  
Vol 515 (5) ◽  
pp. 2921-2925 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chunyu Wang ◽  
Volker Cimalla ◽  
Genady Cherkashinin ◽  
Henry Romanus ◽  
Majdeddin Ali ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Films ◽  
Chemical Vapor Deposition ◽  
Low Temperature ◽  
Indium Oxide ◽  
Vapor Deposition ◽  
Chemical Vapor ◽  
Organic Chemical ◽  
Transparent Conducting ◽  
Metal Organic ◽  
Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition

Study on ZrO2:Er Thin Films Fabricated by Metal-Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition

2003 ◽  
Vol 42 (Part 1, No. 5A) ◽  
pp. 2839-2842 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeong Hoon Park ◽  
Kug Sun Hong ◽  
Woon Jo Cho ◽  
Jang-Hoon Chung
Keyword(s):  
Thin Films ◽  
Chemical Vapor Deposition ◽  
Vapor Deposition ◽  
Chemical Vapor ◽  
Organic Chemical ◽  
Metal Organic ◽  
Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition

Metal-organic chemical vapor deposition of ZrO2 films using Zr(thd)4 as precursors

1994 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 1721-1727 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jie Si ◽  
Seshu B. Desu ◽  
Ching-Yi Tsai
Keyword(s):  
Thin Films ◽  
Chemical Vapor Deposition ◽  
Vapor Deposition ◽  
Chemical Vapor ◽  
Film Deposition ◽  
Organic Chemical ◽  
Deposition Rates ◽  
Metal Organic ◽  
Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition ◽  
Deposited Films

Synthesis of zirconium tetramethylheptanedione [Zr(thd)4] was optimized. Purity of Zr(thd)4 was confirmed by melting point determination, carbon, and hydrogen elemental analysis and proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer (NMR). By using Zr(thd)4, excellent quality ZrO2 thin films were successfully deposited on single-crystal silicon wafers by metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) at reduced pressures. For substrate temperatures below 530 °C, the film deposition rates were very small (⋚1 nm/min). The film deposition rates were significantly affected by (i) source temperature, (ii) substrate temperature, and (iii) total pressure. As-deposited films are carbon free. Furthermore, only the tetragonal ZrO2 phase was identified in as-deposited films. The tetragonal phase transformed progressively into the monoclinic phase as the films were subjected to a high-temperature post-deposition annealing. The optical properties of the ZrO2 thin films as a function of wavelength, in the range of 200 nm to 2000 nm, were also reported. In addition, a simplified theoretical model which considers only a surface reaction was used to analyze the deposition of ZrO2 films. The model predicated the deposition rates well for various conditions in the hot wall reactor.

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