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Oxygen Deficiency and Vacancy Formation in LSCO/PLZT/LSCO Capacitors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

T. Friessnegg
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Nuclear Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742
B. Nielsen
Affiliation:
Materials Science Division, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
V. J. Ghosha
Affiliation:
Materials Science Division, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
S. Aggarwal
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Nuclear Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742
D. J. Keeble
Affiliation:
Carnegie Laboratory of Physics, University of Dundee, Dundee DDI 4HN, United Kingdom
E. H. Poindexter
Affiliation:
Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, Maryland 20783
R. Ramesh
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Nuclear Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742
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Abstract

Vacancy type defects in La0.5 Sr0.5CoO3/Pb0.9La0.1Zr0.2 Ti0.8/La0.5Sr0.5CoO3 capacitors were investigated by positron depth profiling. Post-growth annealing of the capacitor structure in oxygen deficient atmosphere exhibits the formation of vacancy type defects in all layers. A significant increase in open volume defects was found in the top and bottom electrode. The changes in the bottom electrode were studied more closely by etching off the top layer.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2000

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