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Strain, Structure and Electronic States in MBE Grown (Nb, Ti)O2 Mixed Rutile

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

S. A. Chambers ,
Y. Gao ,
S. Thevuthasan ,
S. Wen ,
K. L. Merkle ,
N. Shivaparan  and
R. J. Smith
S. A. Chambers
Affiliation:
Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington.
Y. Gao
Affiliation:
Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington.
S. Thevuthasan
Affiliation:
Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois.
S. Wen
Affiliation:
Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois.
K. L. Merkle
Affiliation:
Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois.
N. Shivaparan
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana.
R. J. Smith
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana.
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Abstract

We have grown and characterized epitaxial NbxTi1-xO2 on TiO2(110) and (100) for the purpose of investigating the role of chemically-inequivalent metal atoms on the thermal and photocatalytic properties of TiO2. Our goal is to introduce, in a highly controlled fashion, a Group VA transition metal into the lattice of a Group IVA transition metal oxide without altering the crystallographic structure. So doing would alter the electronic structure in interesting and potentially useful ways by the addition of one valence electron per substituted metal atom. However, strain builds in the film as more Nb is added at a rate which depends on the crystallographic orientation of the growth direction. Films grown along (110) can accommodate Nb mole fractions as high as ˜0.3 without forming misfit dislocations, whereas those grown along (100) are limited to ˜10 at. % Nb. Nb-O bond lengths in NbxTil−xO2 are the same as Ti-O bond lengths in pure TiO2 prior to the onset of dislocation formation. The extra 4d valence electron per Nb atom forms a nonbonding band which is degenerate with bonding states in the valence band region.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 436: Symposium CC – Thin Films Stresses and Mechanical Properties VI , 1996 , 475
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1997

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