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Effect of in situ stress on grain growth and texture evolution in sputtered YSZ/Si films

Banerjee, Amiya and Narayanachari, K V L V and Raghavan, Srinivasan (2017) Effect of in situ stress on grain growth and texture evolution in sputtered YSZ/Si films. In: RSC ADVANCES, 7 (29). pp. 17832-17840.

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c6ra28437j

Abstract

Yttria stabilized zirconia (YSZ) films are being used both as functional oxide and buffer layers for integration of various other functional oxide films on Si substrates. As functional properties of these oxides are highly anisotropic in nature, highly oriented films are essential to realizing their fascinating properties. (111) and (100) textured YSZ films have been deposited on Si substrates by reactive-direct current (R-DC) sputtering. Annealing of these films leads to grain growth and improvement in texture. However, it strongly depends on the growth stresses developed during deposition of these films. Depending on stress harnessing in films/stacks, the texture was improved from rocking curve FWHM of 16 degrees to 7 degrees and 25 degrees to 15 degrees for (111) and (100) YSZ films respectively. A detailed analysis of the relation between stress and grain growth is carried out using an energy balance model. We have found that grain growth is limited by kinetics, though it should be possible from a thermodynamic viewpoint. It is observed that higher initial compressive stress aids significant grain growth (similar to 150%) and texture-improvement (similar to 57%) on annealing.

Item Type: Journal Article
Publication: RSC ADVANCES
Publisher: ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY, THOMAS GRAHAM HOUSE, SCIENCE PARK, MILTON RD, CAMBRIDGE CB4 0WF, CAMBS, ENGLAND
Additional Information: Copy right for this article belongs to the ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY, THOMAS GRAHAM HOUSE, SCIENCE PARK, MILTON RD, CAMBRIDGE CB4 0WF, CAMBS, ENGLAND
Department/Centre: Division of Interdisciplinary Sciences > Centre for Nano Science and Engineering
Date Deposited: 20 May 2017 05:42
Last Modified: 20 May 2017 05:42
URI: http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/56915

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