Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8035321 | Thin Solid Films | 2014 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Highly epitaxial thin films of lanthanum aluminate (LaAlO3) have been obtained on strontium titanate (SrTiO3) substrates by means of atomic layer deposition using La(thd)3 (Hthd = 2,2,6,6-tetramethylhepta-3,5-dione), Al(CH3)3 and ozone as precursors. The system shows a near linear relationship between pulsed and deposited composition. Thin films with stoichiometric composition have been subject to thermal annealing at 650 °C under oxygen atmosphere, thereby achieving epitaxial films on Ti-O-terminated substrates of SrTiO3. The thin film||substrate epitaxial relationship is determined to be LaAlO3(100)|LaAlO3[100]||-SrTiO3(100)|SrTiO3[100] by use of synchrotron radiation. Selected films were also deposited on LaAlO3(100) to achieve homoepitaxy. This resulted in the observation of split peaks for high q-reflections, pointing towards slight differences in stoichiometry. For ultrathin films, Bragg satellites were observed around the specular reflections, coming from either surface- or interface reconstruction.
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Authors
Henrik Hovde Sønsteby, Erik Ãstreng, Helmer FjellvÃ¥g, Ola Nilsen,