Preferential orientation of ferroelectric calcium modified lead titanate thin films grown on various substrates

[EN] Among all the factors that determine the development of preferential orientation or texture in polycrystalline thin films, the most important is the nature of the substrate. A preferential orientation of the crystallites with the polar axis perpendicular to the film surface results in an import...

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Autores: Ricote, J., Calzada, M. L., Mendiola, J., Chateigner, D.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2002
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/4703
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/4703
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Quantitative texture
Preferential orientation
Thin films
Ferroelectrics
Textura cuantitativa
Orientación preferente
Láminas delgadas
Ferroeléctricos
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Sumario:[EN] Among all the factors that determine the development of preferential orientation or texture in polycrystalline thin films, the most important is the nature of the substrate. A preferential orientation of the crystallites with the polar axis perpendicular to the film surface results in an important improvement of the ferroelectric behaviour. In the search for the substrate that produces highly oriented ferroelectric thin films, this work analyses by quantitative texture analysis calcium modified lead titanate thin films deposited on platinised Si, MgO and SrTiO3 substrates. Amixed preferential orientation along <100> and <001> is obtained. From the results of this study we discuss the factors that contribute to the different final textures. First, we analyse the different texture strength of the Pt layer observed in the three substrates, and the growth of the ferroelectric film on them, whose orientation seems to develop independently of the Pt in this case. And secondly, we study the effect of the stress developed during the crystallisation process, caused by the difference in thermal expansion coefficient between each of the substrates and the film, especially on the domain structure formation at the paraelectric cubic- ferroelectric tetragonal phase transition.