X-Ray Diffraction Study of Clusters in a-tC Films

1994 ◽  
Vol 358 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. J. Martínez-Miranda ◽  
T. A. Friedmann ◽  
J. P. Sullivan ◽  
M. P. Siegal ◽  
T. W. Mercer ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTWe performed an X-ray diffraction study of amorphous-tetrahedrally-coordinated carbon (a-tC) films prepared by pulsed laser deposition (PLD). The samples' properties were analyzed as a function of laser energy and thickness. For all thicknesses and laser energies, films were made up of clusters with a basic unit size of 7 -11 nm. Thicker films, as well as films prepared at higher laser densities exhibit larger clusters, in the tens of nanometers. The clusters are not readily observable by AFM, which may indicate the presence of a flat (graphitized) top film surface.

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.


2003 ◽  
Vol 784 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kumaravinothan Sarma ◽  
Peter Kr. Petrov ◽  
Neil McN. Alford

ABSTRACTA comparative study of microstructure and electrical properties of BaxSr1-xTiO3 films made by single- and multi-target pulsed laser deposition was carried out. The films were epitaxially grown on both LaAlO3 and MgO substrates. The structural properties of all samples were investigated using X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy. The elemental composition of the samples was investigated using energy dispersive X-ray analysis. For electrical properties examination, a simple capacitor structure was patterned on the film surface. Thin films made using both methods exhibit similar structural and electrical properties; however the samples made by a multi-target method underwent phase transition in a broader temperature region. The results prove the possibility of using the multi-target pulse laser deposition as a more flexible method for engineering thin film stoichometry.


2010 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 020212 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazushi Sumitani ◽  
Ryota Ohtani ◽  
Tomohiro Yoshida ◽  
You Nakagawa ◽  
Satoshi Mohri ◽  
...  

2012 ◽  
Vol 545 ◽  
pp. 38-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norlida Kamarulzaman ◽  
Nurhanna Badar

MgO thin films were deposited by Pulsed Laser deposition using different process parameter. The characteristics were investigated via X-Ray diffraction (XRD), Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) and Digital Holographic Microscope (DHM). It is found that the thin film surface morphology and thickness are different. It was found that the different process parameters such as chamber gas pressure, substrate temperature, LASER energy and number of pulses greatly influence the characteristics of the thin films obtained. The thin films have very low thicknesses of 97, 187 and 193 nm.


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.


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.


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