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Domain structure of epitaxial PbTiO3 films grown on vicinal (001) SrTiO3

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

C. D. Theis  and
D. G. Schlom
C. D. Theis
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802-5005
D. G. Schlom
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802-5005
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Abstract

Epitaxial PbTiO3 films have been grown on vicinal (001) SrTiO3 substrates by pulsed laser deposition. Vicinal SrTiO3 substrates with misorientations up to 9° from (001) were used, and the influence of the direction of misorientation on the resulting domain structure was studied. 4-circle x-ray diffraction analysis indicates that thin (40 nm) PbTiO3 films are completely c-axis oriented [rocking curve full-width-at-half-maximum (FWHM) of 0.25° for the 002 reflection] and that thicker films (∼ 200 nm) contain mixed a-axis and c-axis PbTiO3 domains due to twinning along {011} planes. The [100] axis of the a-axis domains is misoriented by 2.1° to 3.3° toward 〈100〉 substrate directions with respect to the substrate normal. In contrast to growth on well-oriented (001) SrTiO3 surfaces where the four equivalent tilts of the [100] axis of the a-axis domains are equally likely, on vicinal SrTiO3 the a-axis domains are preferentially oriented in an uphill direction with respect to the crystallographic miscut.

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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 12 , Issue 5 , May 1997 , pp. 1297 - 1305
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1997

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