Deposition parameters and annealing key role in setting structural and polar properties of Bi0.9La0.1Fe0.9Mn0.1O3 thin films

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2017

Authors

Carvalho, TT (Author) Other; Figueiras, FG (Author) FCUP; Pereira, SMS (Author) Other; Fernandes, JRA (Author) Other; Perez de la Cruz, JP (Author) Other; Tavares, PB (Author) Other; Almeida, A (Author) FCUP; Agostinho Moreira, JA (Author) FCUP

Journal

Title: Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics

Vol. 28

Pages: 12690-12697

ISSN: 0957-4522

Publisher: Springer Nature

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Authenticus ID: P-00M-SQZ

DOI: 10.1007/s10854-017-7094-0

Abstract (EN): The present work explores the processing conditions of Bi0.9La0.1Fe0.9Mn0.1O3 (BLFM) thin films, grown by RF sputtering on platinum metalized silicon substrates, and its impact on the structural and ferroelectric properties. The optimized processing conditions were found to be a combination of deposition of an amorphous film at low substrate temperature (ae<currency>550 A degrees C), followed by a thermal treatment at 550 A degrees C during 30 min, in order to prevent bismuth volatilization. This procedure leads to the formation of high-quality monophasic crystalline films with well-defined piezoelectric response exhibiting micron size domains.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 8