Studies on strontium titanate/barium zirconate superlattices

Choudhury, Palash Roy and Krupanidhi, SB (2007) Studies on strontium titanate/barium zirconate superlattices. In: Solid State Communications, 143 (4-5). pp. 223-227.

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Abstract

Artificial superlattices of SrTiO3 and BaZrO3 were grown epitaxially with different periodicities on SrRuO3 coated (00 1) SrTiO3 substrates by pulsed excimer laser ablation. Superlattices were structurally characterized by X-Ray theta-2 theta diffraction data. Electrical characterization was done in metal-insulation-metal configuration. Capacitance-voltage measurements showed limited amount of tunability. The DC field induced tunability has been observed to be sensitive to the periodicity of the superlattices, hence the effective strain present in the layers. Hysteretic behaviour in capacitance-voltage (C-V) and polarization versus electric field (P-E) results from the superlattices also indicate the sensitivity of the interfaces. Interfacial strain is supposed to be the most probable cause for such a behaviour which is also manifested in the variation of dielectric constant with individual layer thicknesses. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Solid State Communications
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Elsevier Science.
Keywords:	A. Superlattice;A. Paraelectric;A. Thin films;D. Ferroelectricity.
Department/Centre:	Division of Chemical Sciences > Materials Research Centre
Date Deposited:	11 Jun 2010 08:54
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 06:01
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/27488

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