Structural and dielectric behavior of pulsed laser ablated Sr(0.6)Ca(0.4)TiO(3) thin film and asymmetric multilayer of SrTiO(3) and CaTiO(3)

Chakraborty, Pradip and Choudhury, Palash Roy and Krupanidhi, SB (2011) Structural and dielectric behavior of pulsed laser ablated Sr(0.6)Ca(0.4)TiO(3) thin film and asymmetric multilayer of SrTiO(3) and CaTiO(3). In: Journal of Crystal Growth, 337 (1). pp. 7-12.

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Abstract

Homogeneous thin films of Sr(0.6)Ca(0.4)TiO(3) (SCT40) and asymmetric multilayer of SrTiO(3) (STO) and CaTiO(3) (CTO) were fabricated on Pt/Ti/SiO(2)/Si substrates by using pulsed laser deposition technique. The electrical behavior of films was observed within a temperature range of 153 K-373 K. A feeble dielectric peak of SCT40 thin film at 273 K is justified as paraelectric to antiferroelectric phase transition. Moreover, the Curie-Weiss temperature, determined from the epsilon'(T) data above the transition temperature is found to be negative. Using Landau theory, the negative Curie-Weiss temperature is interpreted in terms of an antiferroelectric transition. The asymmetric multilayer exhibits a broad dielectric peak at 273 K. and is attributed to interdiffusion at several interfaces of multilayer. The average dielectric constants for homogeneous Sr(0.6)Ca(0.4)TiO(3) films (similar to 650) and asymmetric multilayered films (similar to 350) at room temperature are recognized as a consequence of grain size effect. Small frequency dispersion in the real part of the dielectric constants and relatively low dielectric losses for both cases ensure high quality of the films applicable for next generation integrated devices. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Journal of Crystal Growth
Publisher:	Elsevier Science B.V.
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Elsevier Science B.V.
Keywords:	Curie-Weiss;Polarization;Antiferroelectric;Paraelectric
Department/Centre:	Division of Chemical Sciences > Materials Research Centre
Date Deposited:	27 Jan 2012 06:29
Last Modified:	27 Jan 2012 06:29
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/43152

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