X-ray diffraction and Raman investigations of thickness dependent stress effects on Pb(ZrxTi1−x)O3 thin films

2006 ◽  
Vol 88 (25) ◽  
pp. 252901 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jyrki Lappalainen ◽  
Vilho Lantto ◽  
Johannes Frantti ◽  
Jussi Hiltunen
2005 ◽  
Vol 20 (02) ◽  
pp. 112-116
Author(s):  
C. E. Murray ◽  
C. C. Goldsmith ◽  
I. C. Noyan

2005 ◽  
Vol 490-491 ◽  
pp. 583-588
Author(s):  
Li-Jian Meng ◽  
Rui A. Silva ◽  
Hai Ning Cui ◽  
Vasco Teixeira ◽  
M.P. dos Santos

The RuO2 thin films have been deposited onto glass substrates by rf reactive magnetron sputtering at different deposition conditions, such as different substrate temperatures, different sputtering pressures and different reactive gas pressures, using a metallic target. The deposited films have been characterized by the X-ray diffraction and Raman scattering. By analysis of data of the X-ray diffraction, it has been found that all the films are subject to a compressive stress. The residual stress in these films can be released by increasing the substrate temperature. In addition, the films, which have been prepared at the oxygen partial pressure higher than 1 x 10-3 mbar and at the total pressure lower than 6 x 10-3 mbar, show a quite high residual stress because the films peeled off automatically from the substrates when they were moved out from the vacuum chamber. Three Raman models (Eg, A1g and B2g) have been observed in all the Raman spectra. These Raman spectra have shown a strong relation with the residual stress in the films. As the residual stress increases, the Raman peaks move toward to the low wavenumber comparing to the standard value. In addition, the residual stress also results in the disappearance of the A1g Raman mode. In this work, these phenomena will be discussed.


2007 ◽  
Vol 54 (12) ◽  
pp. 2623-2631 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ausrine Bartasyte ◽  
Odette Chaix-Pluchery ◽  
Jens Kreisel ◽  
Jose Santiso ◽  
Samuel Margueron ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
F. Ma ◽  
S. Vivekanand ◽  
K. Barmak ◽  
C. Michaelsen

Solid state reactions in sputter-deposited Nb/Al multilayer thin films have been studied by transmission and analytical electron microscopy (TEM/AEM), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The Nb/Al multilayer thin films for TEM studies were sputter-deposited on (1102)sapphire substrates. The periodicity of the films is in the range 10-500 nm. The overall composition of the films are 1/3, 2/1, and 3/1 Nb/Al, corresponding to the stoichiometric composition of the three intermetallic phases in this system.Figure 1 is a TEM micrograph of an as-deposited film with periodicity A = dA1 + dNb = 72 nm, where d's are layer thicknesses. The polycrystalline nature of the Al and Nb layers with their columnar grain structure is evident in the figure. Both Nb and Al layers exhibit crystallographic texture, with the electron diffraction pattern for this film showing stronger diffraction spots in the direction normal to the multilayer. The X-ray diffraction patterns of all films are dominated by the Al(l 11) and Nb(l 10) peaks and show a merging of these two peaks with decreasing periodicity.


2003 ◽  
Vol 775 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donghai Wang ◽  
David T. Johnson ◽  
Byron F. McCaughey ◽  
J. Eric Hampsey ◽  
Jibao He ◽  
...  

AbstractPalladium nanowires have been electrodeposited into mesoporous silica thin film templates. Palladium continually grows and fills silica mesopores starting from a bottom conductive substrate, providing a ready and efficient route to fabricate a macroscopic palladium nanowire thin films for potentially use in fuel cells, electrodes, sensors, and other applications. X-ray diffraction (XRD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) indicate it is possible to create different nanowire morphology such as bundles and swirling mesostructure based on the template pore structure.


2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 4394-4399
Author(s):  
Sura Ali Noaman ◽  
Rashid Owaid Kadhim ◽  
Saleem Azara Hussain

Tin Oxide and Indium doped Tin Oxide (SnO2:In) thin films were deposited on glass and Silicon  substrates  by  thermal evaporation technique.  X-ray diffraction pattern of  pure SnO2 and SnO2:In thin films annealed at 650oC and the results showed  that the structure have tetragonal phase with preferred orientation in (110) plane. AFM studies showed an inhibition of grain growth with increase in indium concentration. SEM studies of pure  SnO2 and  Indium doped tin oxide (SnO2:In) ) thin films showed that the films with regular distribution of particles and they have spherical shape.  Optical properties such as  Transmission , optical band-gap have been measured and calculated.


2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (34) ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Bushra A. Hasan

Lead selenide PbSe thin films of different thicknesses (300, 500, and 700 nm) were deposited under vacuum using thermal evaporation method on glass substrates. X-ray diffraction measurements showed that increasing of thickness lead to well crystallize the prepared samples, such that the crystallite size increases while the dislocation density decreases with thickness increasing. A.C conductivity, dielectric constants, and loss tangent are studied as function to thickness, frequency (10kHz-10MHz) and temperatures (293K-493K). The conductivity measurements confirm confirmed that hopping is the mechanism responsible for the conduction process. Increasing of thickness decreases the thermal activation energy estimated from Arhinus equation is found to decrease with thickness increasing. The increase of thickness lead to reduce the polarizability α while the increasing of temperature lead to increase α.


Coatings ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 724
Author(s):  
Sara Massardo ◽  
Alessandro Cingolani ◽  
Cristina Artini

Rare earth-doped ceria thin films are currently thoroughly studied to be used in miniaturized solid oxide cells, memristive devices and gas sensors. The employment in such different application fields derives from the most remarkable property of this material, namely ionic conductivity, occurring through the mobility of oxygen ions above a certain threshold temperature. This feature is in turn limited by the association of defects, which hinders the movement of ions through the lattice. In addition to these issues, ionic conductivity in thin films is dominated by the presence of the film/substrate interface, where a strain can arise as a consequence of lattice mismatch. A tensile strain, in particular, when not released through the occurrence of dislocations, enhances ionic conduction through the reduction of activation energy. Within this complex framework, high pressure X-ray diffraction investigations performed on the bulk material are of great help in estimating the bulk modulus of the material, and hence its compressibility, namely its tolerance toward the application of a compressive/tensile stress. In this review, an overview is given about the correlation between structure and transport properties in rare earth-doped ceria films, and the role of high pressure X-ray diffraction studies in the selection of the most proper compositions for the design of thin films.


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