標題: | Strain enhanced ferroelectric properties of multiferroic BiFeO3/SrTiO3 superlattice structure prepared by radio frequency magnetron sputtering |
作者: | Chiu, Shang-Jui Liu, Yen-Ting Lee, Hsin-Yi Yu, Ge-Ping Huang, Jia-Hong 加速器光源科技與應用學位學程 Master and Ph.D. Program for Science and Technology of Accelrrator Light Source |
關鍵字: | Superlattice structures;Interfacial strain;Radio-frequency sputtering;Bismuth ferrite |
公開日期: | 31-七月-2013 |
摘要: | Asymmetric superlattice structures consisting of SrTiO3 (STO) and multiferroic BiFeO3 (BFO) sublayers were deposited on a Nb-doped STO (001) substrate with a radio frequency magnetron sputtering system. For an investigation of the effect of strain on the microstructures, ferroelectric properties and piezoelectric properties resulting from a difference of lattice parameters of the BFO sublayer, varying the thickness of the STO sublayer in a range 1-2.5 nm introduced interfacial strain into the superlattice. The epitaxial relation and strain state of films were clearly observed with a synchrotron as a source of radiation. The results of X-ray diffraction measurements clearly showed that the decrease of strain was related to the thickness of the STO substrate. A separate diffraction signal of the superlattice structure with thickness >= 1.75 nm of the STO sublayer was found, indicating a large strain relaxation in these superlattice films. The remnant polarization values P-r, piezoelectric coefficient d(33) and leakage properties of the BFO/STO superlattice thin films that improved with increasing in-plane strain provide strong evidence of a strain-enhancement effect. The BFO/STO superlattice with a well defined crystal structure and a large strain state showed a large P-r, greater than a BFO single layer of the same thickness. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |
URI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2013.05.004 http://hdl.handle.net/11536/22177 |
ISSN: | 0040-6090 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.tsf.2013.05.004 |
期刊: | THIN SOLID FILMS |
Volume: | 539 |
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起始頁: | 75 |
結束頁: | 80 |
顯示於類別: | 期刊論文 |