Epitaxial thin films and strain engineering
Layer-by-layer epitaxial thin films of the pyrochlore Tb2Ti2O7
... Keywords: epitaxial thin films, Tb 2 Ti 2 O 7 , frustrated magnets, RHEED-PLD, strain engineering (Some figures may appear in colour only in the online journal) Introduction Compared to bulk ...
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Influence of epitaxial strain on elastocaloric effect in ferroelectric thin films
... ferroelectric thin films may have potential ...the epitaxial misfit strain can remarkably affect the phase transition, which may be helpful to tune the elasto- caloric properties of ...
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Domain Engineering for Enhanced Ferroelectric Properties of Epitaxial (001) BiFeO Thin Films
... 3 films on exact as well as miscut SrTiO 3 are stoichiometric, with a Bi/Fe 1:1 ratio, and have no secondary phases, there is the possibility of formation of point defects, such as oxygen vacancies, in the ...the ...
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Low temperature epitaxial growth of thin metal films
... Low-temperature epitaxial growth of thin metal films Abstract We present a different mechanism to explain the occurrence of long-lived oscillations in diffraction spot intensities during ...
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Persistent photoconductivity in strained epitaxial BiFeO3 thin films
... atoms, the potential surrounding these levels is largely affected. This eventually affects their capture cross-section. The capture cross-section of a level determines its ability to capture and re-emit the carriers. 18 ...
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Crossover of conduction mechanism in Sr2IrO4 epitaxial thin films
... 4 thin films, which in turn would be helpful for understanding the insulating nature related to strong spin-orbital- coupling of the 5d ...Keywords: thin film, electric transport, spin-orbit coupling ...
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Growth, Characterization and Measurement of Epitaxial Sr2RuO4 Thin Films
... VI Acknowledgement My most sincere gratitude to my supervisor, Prof. Mark Blamire, who has offered me the chance to study in device materials group. I am so grateful for his patient guidance and encouragement on research ...
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Dielectric and pyroelectric susceptibilities of epitaxial ferroelectric thin films
... The combination of excellent thermal stability, mechanical toughness, radiation hardness, and electrical properties (e.g., fast switching speeds, low power consumption, and high permittivity) has made ferroelectric ...
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Mechanical strain engineering of dielectric tunability in polycrystalline SrTiO3 thin films
... derived films deposited on different substrates, whereas such microstructural factor as grain size can have influence of the stress relaxation as demonstrated ...
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Atomic-scale Structural Characterizations of Functional Epitaxial Thin Films
... 86 3.5 Conclusions In summary, we characterized the microstructure, in particular the intrinsic chemical inhomogeneity, of two impurity-free superconducting Fe 1+y Te 1-x Se x thin films deposited under two ...
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Anisotropic magneto transport properties of epitaxial magnetite thin films
... In chapter 5 we study the angular and temperature dependence of the AMR in epitaxial Fe304 films of different thickness grown on MgO(OOl) substrates and a Fe304(001) single crystal.. W[r] ...
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Strain-induced significant increase in metal-insulator transition temperature in oxygen-deficient Fe oxide epitaxial thin films
... oxide epitaxial thin films, which often exhibit behaviors different from those of the bulk oxide, have attracted a great deal of attention as a fascinating platform for exploring novel ...
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Strain-related phenomena in GaN thin films
... and Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695 ~ Received 28 June 1996 ! Photoluminescence ~ PL ! , Raman spectroscopy, and x-ray diffraction are employed to demonstrate the co- ...
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Epitaxial Ge-Sb-Te Thin Films by Pulsed Laser Deposition
... the epitaxial nature of the ...the films deposited at 280°C, the polycrystalline ring pattern has ...other films in the investigated range, i.e. above 170°C the films are exclusively ...the ...
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Giant magnetic moment in epitaxial Fe3O4 thin films on MgO (100)
... We further consider the effect of noncompensation on the spin moment of magnetite. A supercell model with Fe 3 O 4 slab thickness equivalent to 50 Fe-O planes was used to es- timate the influence of noncompensation on ...
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Magnetic and transport properties of epitaxial stepped Fe3O4(100) thin films
... in epitaxial Fe 3 O 4 have been reported, ...4 films, 32,33 and a greater MR response across the ...4 thin films, interesting proper- ties such as magnetic-transport, 37 spin-injection, 38 and ...
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Anomalous anisotropic magnetoresistance in epitaxial Fe3O4 thin films on MgO (100)
... 4 films owing to the small lattice ...of films due to additional spin scattering they ...in epitaxial mag- netite films are mostly focused on the influence of APBs, disorder and ...4 ...
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Nanosheet controlled epitaxial growth of PbZr0.52Ti0.48O3 thin films on glass substrates
... 4 Since the integration using nanosheets was achieved at 600 ºC, this gives an opportunity to extend the integration of PZT on glass using nanosheets. Initial growth studies on glass for flat panel display applications ...
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High Responsivity Ultraviolet Photoconductors Based on Epitaxial ZnO Thin Films
... Abstract: In this paper, ultraviolet (UV) detection properties of epitaxial ZnO films grown on sapphire substrates with radio-frequency magnetron sputtering is reported. The responsivity (R) of the ZnO ...
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Oxygen octahedral distortions in compressively strained SrRuO3 epitaxial thin films
... compressive strain enhances the out-of-plane rotations while strongly suppressing the in-plane ...compressive strain. Our results indicate that both the substrate-induced strain and the interfa- cial ...
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