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Three-Step Deposition Method for Improvement of the Dielectric Properties of BST Thin Films

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 February 2012

H. Liu ,
V. Avrutin ,
C. Zhu ,
J.H. Leach ,
E. Rowe ,
L. Zhou ,
D. Smith ,
Ü. Özgür  and
H. Morkoç
H. Liu
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284, USA.
V. Avrutin
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284, USA.
C. Zhu
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284, USA.
J.H. Leach
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284, USA.
E. Rowe
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284, USA.
L. Zhou
Affiliation:
Physics Department, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287 USA.
D. Smith
Affiliation:
Physics Department, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287 USA.
Ü. Özgür
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284, USA.
H. Morkoç
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284, USA.
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Abstract

Epitaixal Ba0.5Sr0.5TiO3 (BST) thin films were grown on SrTiO3 (STO) and DyScO3 substrates by radio-frequency magnetron sputtering system using three-step method which involves a relatively low-temperature (573-773 K) growth of a BST interlayer sandwiched between two BST layers deposited at a high substrate temperature of 1068 K. X-ray diffraction measurement showed different strains on the films with interlayers grown at different temperatures. Post-growth thermal treatment reduced film strain to a great extent (the film strain of a tri-layer film with a 773 K grown interlayer is only -0.001). Comparing with the control films grown at high temperature, three-step technique improved the dielectric properties, especially increased dielectric constant by 60% for BST/STO and 31% for BST/DyScO3, respectively. High dielectric constant of 1631.4 and its tuning of 36.7% were achieved on the BST/STO with an interlayer grown on 773 K.

Keywords

dielectric propertiesferroelectricsputtering
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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1397: Symposium P – Ferroelectric and Multiferroic Materials , 2012 , mrsf11-1397-p13-36
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2012

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