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Hydrothermal Epitaxy of I:V Perovskite Thin Films
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 February 2011
Abstract
Although epitaxial II:IV perovskite films like BaTiO3 and Pb(Zr,Ti)O3 have been grown by the hydrothermal method, there are hardly any reports on the growth of I:V perovskite thin films by this low temperature technique. In this study, thin films of NaNbO3, KTaO3 and KNbO3 were grown on (100) oriented single crystal SrTiO3 substrates by the hydrothermal method at 200°C and below. X-ray diffraction (XRD) revealed that the as-synthesized films were epitaxial with one of their original cubic axes normal to the substrate (100) plane. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) showed that the films formed by an island growth mechanism. KTaO3 was also used as a buffer layer in the growth of KNbO3 films in order to investigate the effect of lattice mismatch on surface morphology and epitaxial quality, as determined by SEM and XRD rocking curve measurements, respectively.
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