Growth of high-Tc thin films

R Wördenweber - Superconductor Science and Technology, 1999 - iopscience.iop.org
An overview of the deposition and deposition techniques (with the emphasis on PVD
techniques) of high-T c material is presented. The major technologies are discussed and …

Enhanced surface diffusion through termination conversion during epitaxial growth

G Rijnders, DHA Blank, J Choi, CB Eom - Applied physics letters, 2004 - pubs.aip.org
During the initial growth of the ferromagnetic oxide SrRuO 3 on TiO 2-terminated SrTiO 3, we
observe a self-organized conversion of the terminating atomic layer from RuO 2 to SrO. This …

The control of thin film deposition and recent developments in oxide film growth

ZH Barber - Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2006 - pubs.rsc.org
This review describes just some of the recent developments in thin film deposition
technology which have led to improved understanding and control of film growth. The first …

Natural strong pinning sites in laser-ablated thin films

JM Huijbregtse, B Dam, RCF Van der Geest… - Physical Review B, 2000 - APS
At low temperatures dislocations are the dominant flux-pinning centers in thin films of YBa 2
Cu 3 O 7− δ deposited on (100) SrTiO 3 substrates [B. Dam et al., Nature (London) 399, 439 …

Hybrid liquid phase epitaxy processes for YBa2Cu3O7 film growth

A Kursumovic, RI Tomov, R Hühne… - Superconductor …, 2004 - iopscience.iop.org
A number of liquid phase epitaxy (LPE) related growth methods have been investigated.
These hybrid-LPE processes enable high rate'liquid assisted'growth of epitaxial YBa 2 Cu 3 …

Nucleation and growth of YBa2Cu3Ox on SrTiO3 and CeO2 by a BaF2 postdeposition reaction process

L Wu, Y Zhu, VF Solovyov, HJ Wiesmann… - Journal of Materials …, 2001 - cambridge.org
The nucleation and growth of the c-axis-aligned Yba2Cu3Ox on SrTiO3 and CeO2, from
precursor films, were studied by examining quenched and fully processed specimens using …

Imposed layer-by-layer growth by pulsed laser interval deposition

DHA Blank, G Koster, G Rijnders, E Van Setten… - Applied Physics A, 1999 - Springer
Pulsed Laser Deposition (PLD) has become a significant technique to study the thin film
growth of novel materials. Here, one has benefited from the main advantages of PLD, the …

Defect generation by preferred nucleation in epitaxial

MA Zurbuchen, Y Jia, S Knapp, AH Carim… - Applied physics …, 2003 - pubs.aip.org
The atomic structure of the film–substrate interface of a (001) Sr 2 RuO 4/(100) c LaAlO 3
film, determined by high-resolution transmission electron microscopy and simulation, is …

TEM of ultra-thin DyBa2Cu3O7–x films deposited on TiO2 terminated SrTiO3

S Bals, G Rijnders, DHA Blank… - Physica C …, 2001 - Elsevier
Using pulsed laser deposition ultra-thin DyBa2Cu3O7–x films were deposited on a single
terminated (001) SrTiO3 substrate. The initial growth was studied by high-resolution electron …

Ab initio total energy study of ZnO adsorption on a sapphire (0001) surface

Y Chun, L Yan-Rong, L Jin-Shan - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter and …, 2004 - APS
The sapphire (0001) surface and the adsorption of ZnO are theoretically calculated by using
a plane wave ultrasoft pseudo-potential method based on density functional theory. By …