Domain structure of epitaxial PbTiO3 films grown on vicinal (001) SrTiO3

1997 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 1297-1305 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. D. Theis ◽  
D. G. Schlom

Epitaxial PbTiO3 films have been grown on vicinal (001) SrTiO3 substrates by pulsed laser deposition. Vicinal SrTiO3 substrates with misorientations up to 9° from (001) were used, and the influence of the direction of misorientation on the resulting domain structure was studied. 4-circle x-ray diffraction analysis indicates that thin (40 nm) PbTiO3 films are completely c-axis oriented [rocking curve full-width-at-half-maximum (FWHM) of 0.25° for the 002 reflection] and that thicker films (∼ 200 nm) contain mixed a-axis and c-axis PbTiO3 domains due to twinning along {011} planes. The [100] axis of the a-axis domains is misoriented by 2.1° to 3.3° toward 〈100〉 substrate directions with respect to the substrate normal. In contrast to growth on well-oriented (001) SrTiO3 surfaces where the four equivalent tilts of the [100] axis of the a-axis domains are equally likely, on vicinal SrTiO3 the a-axis domains are preferentially oriented in an uphill direction with respect to the crystallographic miscut.

1995 ◽  
Vol 401 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. D. Theis ◽  
D. G. Schlom

AbstractEpitaxial PbTiO3 films have been grown on (100) SrTiO3 substrates by pulsed laser deposition. X-ray diffraction analysis indicates pure c-axis oriented PbTiO3 films with a rocking curve FWHM of 0.25° for the 002 reflection. Thicker films (˜ 2000 Å) grown on 4° miscut SrTiO3 show mixed aaxis and c-axis PbTiO3 due to twinning along {1011} planes. The [100] axis of the a-axis domains are misoriented by 3.4° - 3.8° toward <001> substrate directions with respect to the substrate normal. In contrast to growth on well-oriented (100) SrTiO3 surfaces where the four equivalent tilts of the [100] axis of the a-axis domains are equally likely, on vicinal SrTiO3 the a-axis domains are preferentially oriented (˜ 90 vol. %) in an uphill direction with respect to the miscut substrate.


2010 ◽  
Vol 123-125 ◽  
pp. 375-378 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ram Prakash ◽  
Shalendra Kumar ◽  
Chan Gyu Lee ◽  
S.K. Sharma ◽  
Marcelo Knobel ◽  
...  

Ce1-xFexO2 (x=0, 0.01, 0.03 and 0.0 5) thin films were grown by pulsed laser deposition technique on Si and LaAlO3 (LAO) substrates. These films were deposited in vacuum and 200 mTorr oxygen partial pressure for both the substrates. These films were characterized by x-ray diffraction XRD and Raman spectroscopy measurements. XRD results reveal that these films are single phase. Raman results show F2g mode at ~466 cm-1 and defect peak at 489 cm-1 for film that deposited on LAO substrates, full width at half maximum (FWHM) is increasing with Fe doping for films deposited on both the substrates.


2005 ◽  
Vol 19 (01n03) ◽  
pp. 533-535
Author(s):  
J. H. HAO ◽  
J. GAO

We have developed a process to grow SrTiO 3 ( STO ) thin films showing single (110) orientation directly on Si by means of pulsed laser deposition technique. The growth of STO films directly on Si has been described. The crystallinity of the grown STO films was characterized by X-ray diffraction analysis of θ-2θ scan and rocking curve. Our results may be of interest for better understanding of the growth based on the perovskite oxide thin films on silicon materials.


1999 ◽  
Vol 558 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Orita ◽  
H. Ohta ◽  
H. Tanji ◽  
H. Hosono ◽  
H. Kawazoe

ABSTRACTIn203 films were deposited on YSZ (001) single crystal surface at 800°C at an oxygen pressure of 14 Pa by pulsed laser deposition (PLD) method. A heteroepitaxial relationship between the film and the substrate was seen in TEM photographs and X-ray diffraction measurements. The w locking curve full width of half maximum (FWHM) of the In203 (004) x-ray diffraction was 0.06°. Film conductivities were ∼10 S/cm or less, while carriers on the order of lO18/cm3 were generated.


1997 ◽  
Vol 493 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. P. Alpay ◽  
A. S. Prakash ◽  
S. Aggarwal ◽  
R. Ramesh ◽  
A. L. Roytburd ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTA PbTiO3(001) film grown on MgO(001) by pulsed laser deposition is examined as an example to demonstrate the applications of the domain stability map for epitaxial perovskite films which shows regions of stable domains and fractions of domains in a polydomain structure. X-ray diffraction studies indicate that the film has a …c/a/c/a… domain structure in a temperature range of °C to 400°C with the fraction of c-domains decreasing with increasing temperature. These experimental results are in excellent agreement with theoretical predictions based on the stability map.


2014 ◽  
Vol 936 ◽  
pp. 282-286
Author(s):  
Ying Wen Duan

Single-crystalline, epitaxial LaFeO3 films with 5 at. % substitution of Pd on the Fe site are grown on (100) SrTiO3 substrate by pulsed-laser deposition technique. The epitaxial orientation relationships are (110)[001]LFPO||(100)[001]STO. X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy reveal that the LFPO films have high structural quality and an atomically sharp LFPO/STO interface. After reduction treatments of as-grown LFPO films, very little Pd escaped the LFPO lattice onto the film surface, the formed Pd (100) particles are oriented epitaxially, and parallel to the LFPO films surface.


1995 ◽  
Vol 401 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Madhavan ◽  
B. J. Gibbons ◽  
A. Dabkowski ◽  
H. A. Dabkowska ◽  
S. Trolier-Mckinstry ◽  
...  

AbstractEpitaxial films of Sr2RuO4 have been grown in situ by pulsed laser deposition on (100) LaAlO3 and (100) LaSrGaO4 substrates. X-ray diffraction results show that the films are single domain and grow c-axis oriented on (100) LaAlO3 and a-axis oriented on (100) LaSrGaO4 substrates. X-ray ø-scans indicate epitaxial alignment of the film and substrate in-plane axes in both cases. Resistivity versus temperature measurements reveal that the as-grown c-axis oriented films are semiconducting and the a-axis oriented films are metallic. The metallic films grown so far were found to be non-superconducting down to 50 mK.


2011 ◽  
Vol 1292 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nobuyuki Iwata ◽  
Mark Huijben ◽  
Guus Rijnders ◽  
Hiroshi Yamamoto ◽  
Dave H. A. Blank

ABSTRACTThe CaFeOX(CFO) and LaFeO3(LFO) thin films as well as superlattices were fabricated on SrTiO3(100) substrates by pulsed laser deposition (PLD) method. The tetragonal LFO film grew with layer-by-layer growth mode until approximately 40 layers. In the case of CFO, initial three layers showed layer-by-layer growth, and afterward the growth mode was transferred to two layers-by-two layers (TLTL) growth mode. The RHEED oscillation was observed until the end of the growth, approximately 50nm. Orthorhombic twin CaFeO2.5 (CFO2.5) structure was obtained. However, it is expected that the initial three CFO layers are CaFeO3 (CFO3) with the valence of Fe4+. The CFO and LFO superlattice showed a step-terraces surface, and the superlattice satellite peaks in a 2θ-θ and reciprocal space mapping (RSM) x-ray diffraction (XRD) measurements, indicating that the clear interfaces were fabricated.


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