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Lead-Free Potassium Bismuth Titanate Thin Film With Complex Aurivillius Layer Structure, Zhenxiang Cheng, Xiaolin Wang, Hongyang Zhao, Hideo Kimura
Lead-Free Potassium Bismuth Titanate Thin Film With Complex Aurivillius Layer Structure, Zhenxiang Cheng, Xiaolin Wang, Hongyang Zhao, Hideo Kimura
Australian Institute for Innovative Materials - Papers
A ferroelectric thin film of Aurivillius phase K0.5Bi4.5Ti4O15 (KBT) with a complex bismuth layer-structure was fabricated using the pulsed laser deposition method. The thin film grown on Pt/Ti/SiO2/ Si substrate shows a strong c-axis orientation, as revealed by x-ray diffraction results, and platelike growth of grains. A Pt/KBT/Pt capacitor shows a maximum polarization of about 20 µC/cm2. In addition, the capacitor also shows good fatigue resistance, with a decrease of 14.5% in the remanent polarization after 107 switching cycles. This Aurivillius phase with four layers of TiO6 …
The Control Of Time-Dependent Buckling Patterns In Thin Confined Elastomer Film, Brad Winton, Mihail Ionescu, S X. Dou
The Control Of Time-Dependent Buckling Patterns In Thin Confined Elastomer Film, Brad Winton, Mihail Ionescu, S X. Dou
Australian Institute for Innovative Materials - Papers
Low energy metal ion implantation has been used to combine an easy “bottom-up” way of creating and tuning different topographic structures on submicron to micrometer scales with the embedding of a metallic element-rich functionalized layer at the surface for a variety of scientific and technological applications. The self-organizing and complex patterns of functionalized topographic structures are highly dependent on the implanted metal ion species, variations in the geometric confinement of the buckled areas on the larger unmodified elastomer film, and the boundary conditions of the buckled regions. Systematic investigations of these dependencies have been carried out via optical and atomic …
Microstructural And Compositional Analysis Of Strontium-Doped Lead Zirconate Titanate Thin Films On Gold-Coated Silicon Substrates, S Sriram, M Bhaskaran, D Rg Mitchell, K T. Short, A Holland, A Mitchell
Microstructural And Compositional Analysis Of Strontium-Doped Lead Zirconate Titanate Thin Films On Gold-Coated Silicon Substrates, S Sriram, M Bhaskaran, D Rg Mitchell, K T. Short, A Holland, A Mitchell
Australian Institute for Innovative Materials - Papers
This article discusses the results of transmission electron microscopy ~TEM!-based characterization of strontium-doped lead zirconate titanate ~PSZT! thin films. The thin films were deposited by radio frequency magnetron sputtering at 3008C on gold-coated silicon substrates, which used a 15 nm titanium adhesion layer between the 150 nm thick gold film and ~100! silicon. The TEM analysis was carried out using a combination of high-resolution imaging, energy filtered imaging, energy dispersive X-ray ~EDX! analysis, and hollow cone illumination. At the interface between the PSZT films and gold, an amorphous silicon-rich layer ~about 4 nm thick! was observed, with the film composition …
Nanocolumnar Preferentially Oriented Pszt Thin Films Deposited On Thermally Grown Silicon Dioxide, S Sriram, M Bhaskaran, A Mitchell, D Rg Mitchell, G Kostovski
Nanocolumnar Preferentially Oriented Pszt Thin Films Deposited On Thermally Grown Silicon Dioxide, S Sriram, M Bhaskaran, A Mitchell, D Rg Mitchell, G Kostovski
Australian Institute for Innovative Materials - Papers
We report the first instance of deposition of preferentially oriented, nanocrystalline, and nanocolumnar strontium-doped lead zirconate titanate (PSZT) ferroelectric thin films directly on thermal silicon dioxide. No intermediate seed or activation layers were used between PSZT and silicon dioxide. The deposited thin films have been characterised using a combination of diffraction and microscopy techniques.
Improved Ferroelectric Properties In Multiferroic Bifeo3 Thin Films Through La And Nb Codoping, Zhenxiang Cheng, Xiaolin Wang, S X. Dou, Hideo Kimura, Kiyoshi Ozawa
Improved Ferroelectric Properties In Multiferroic Bifeo3 Thin Films Through La And Nb Codoping, Zhenxiang Cheng, Xiaolin Wang, S X. Dou, Hideo Kimura, Kiyoshi Ozawa
Australian Institute for Innovative Materials - Papers
We report the significant improvement of the ferroelectric properties of BiFeO3thin film through control of electrical leakage by Nb doping. A very large remanent electrical polarization value of 80 µC/cm2 was observed in Bi0.8La0.2Nb0.01Fe0.99O3 thin film on Pt/Ti/SiO2/Si substrate. The doping effect of Nb in reducing the movable charge density due to oxygen vacancies in BiFeO3 was confirmed by the dielectric measurements. A very small loss was observed in the Nb and La codoped BiFeO3 thin film. As well as the improvement in the …
La And Nb Codoped Bifeo3 Multiferroic Thin Films On Lanio3/Si And Iro2/Si Substrates, Zhenxiang Cheng, Xiaolin Wang, Hideo Kimura, Kiyoshi Ozawa, S X. Dou
La And Nb Codoped Bifeo3 Multiferroic Thin Films On Lanio3/Si And Iro2/Si Substrates, Zhenxiang Cheng, Xiaolin Wang, Hideo Kimura, Kiyoshi Ozawa, S X. Dou
Australian Institute for Innovative Materials - Papers
Nb and La codoped BiFeO3 thin films were fabricated on oxide bottom electrodes, LaNiO3/Si and IrO2/Si, by pulsed laser deposition method. The doped BiFeO3 thin film capacitor on LaNiO3showed a remnant polarization of more than 75 µC/cm2 in a saturated hysteresis loop. The same La and Nb codoped BiFeO3 thin film capacitors on IrO2 showed a larger remnant polarization, while with a significant contribution from the leakage current. Furthermore, the doped BiFeO3 capacitor on the LaNiO3 bottom electrode showed worse fatigue resistance than the film on IrO …
Kinetic Roughening Of Magnetic Flux Penetration In Mgb2 Thin Films, Andrea Lucarelli, Stephanie Hummert, Andrea Chaney, Gunter Lupke, Brian Moeckly, Yue Zhao, S X. Dou
Kinetic Roughening Of Magnetic Flux Penetration In Mgb2 Thin Films, Andrea Lucarelli, Stephanie Hummert, Andrea Chaney, Gunter Lupke, Brian Moeckly, Yue Zhao, S X. Dou
Australian Institute for Innovative Materials - Papers
Time-resolved magneto-optical studies are performed on MgB2 thin film samples grown by in situ pulsed laser deposition and in situ reactive deposition technique. The latter reveal dendritic avalanche-free flux penetration. The kinetic roughening of magnetic flux penetration is studied for applied ac current. Dynamic scaling laws determined for both static field and ac current are consistent with the directed percolation depinning model, placing the vortex dynamics in MgB2 in the same universality class as YBCO and Nb.
Ferroelectric Properties Of Bi3.25sm0.75v0.02t2.98o12 Thin Film At Elevated Temperature, Zhenxiang Cheng, Xiaolin Wang, S X. Dou, Kiyoshi Ozawa, Hideo Kimura
Ferroelectric Properties Of Bi3.25sm0.75v0.02t2.98o12 Thin Film At Elevated Temperature, Zhenxiang Cheng, Xiaolin Wang, S X. Dou, Kiyoshi Ozawa, Hideo Kimura
Australian Institute for Innovative Materials - Papers
The ferroelectric behavior in terms of electrical polarization and fatigue and dielectric properties at elevated temperature of the ferroelectric Bi3.25Sm0.75V0.02T2.98O12 thin film fabricated by the pulsed laser deposition method were studied. Its switchable polarization increased at elevated temperature, and the coercive field decreased at the same time due to the strong domain depinning process at higher temperature. This film shows almost a polarization-fatigue-free character at room temperature, but the aggregation and diffusion of the thermally activated long-range oxygen vacancies caused strong domain pinning, and thus a poor fatigue resistance was observed …
Room Temperature Magnetic-Field Manipulation Of Electrical Polarization In Multiferroic Thin Film Composite Bifeo3/La2/3ca1/3mno3, Zhenxiang Cheng, Xiaolin Wang
Room Temperature Magnetic-Field Manipulation Of Electrical Polarization In Multiferroic Thin Film Composite Bifeo3/La2/3ca1/3mno3, Zhenxiang Cheng, Xiaolin Wang
Australian Institute for Innovative Materials - Papers
The electrical polarization in an epitaxially BiFeO3 film grown on La2/3Ca1/3MnO3/SrTiO3 is observed to be enhanced greatly by a magnetic field at room temperature. The simultaneous ferromagnetic order and ferroelectric polarization shown by the BiFeO3 film causes the strong coupling of the magnetic and ferroelectric domains in the BiFeO3 films. It was proposed that the activation energy for the electrical polarization domains switching is reduced by the application of a magnetic field. As a result, the electrical polarization that can be switched by an electrical field is increased by the …