Probing Oxidation-Driven Amorphized Surfaces in a Ta (110) Film for Superconducting Qubit

J Mun, PV Sushko, E Brass, C Zhou, K Kisslinger… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Recent advances in superconducting qubit technology have led to significant progress in
quantum computing, but the challenge of achieving a long coherence time remains. Despite …

Cubic pyrochlore bismuth zinc niobate thin films for high‐temperature dielectric energy storage

EK Michael, S Trolier‐McKinstry - Journal of the American …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Thin films of cubic pyrochlore bismuth zinc niobate, a lead‐free dielectric, were fabricated
using a solution chemistry based upon the Pechini method. Scanning electron microscopy …

Relationship between Ta Oxidation State and Its Local Atomic Coordination Symmetry in a Wide Range of Oxygen Nonstoichiometry Extent of TaOx

S Kasatikov, E Filatova, S Sakhonenkov… - The Journal of …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Evolution of electronic and atomic structure of amorphous Ta2O5 during sputtering by Ar+
ions was investigated by means of X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and near-edge …

Nonlithographic Formation of Ta2O5 Nanodimple Arrays Using Electrochemical Anodization and Their Use in Plasmonic Photocatalysis for Enhancement of Local …

R Kisslinger, S Riddell, AP Manuel… - … Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
We demonstrate the formation of Ta2O5 nanodimple arrays on technologically relevant non-
native substrates through a simple anodization and annealing process. The anodizing …

Chemical defect-dependent resistive switching characterization in CeO2 thin films

TTB Lan, YT Li, ACA Sun, HC Lu, SF Wang - Materials Science in …, 2022 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to characterize the resistive memory switching mechanism of
cerium dioxide (CeO 2) thin insulating films for different dopants. Three chemical elements …

[HTML][HTML] Nanoscale density variations in sputtered amorphous TaOx functional layers in resistive switching devices

Q Xu, Y Ma, M Skowronski - Journal of Applied Physics, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
The density variations in reactively sputtered amorphous TaO x thin films deposited on
planar and patterned substrates have been quantified by high-angle annular dark-field …

Amorphous-nanocrystalline lead titanate thin films for dielectric energy storage

EK Michael, S Trolier-Mckinstry - Journal of the Ceramic Society of …, 2014 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Advances in renewable energy sources and hybrid/electric vehicles are dependent on the
development of capacitive materials with both high energy and high power storage …

Enhanced and continuous electrostatic carrier doping on the SrTiO3 surface

AB Eyvazov, IH Inoue, P Stoliar, MJ Rozenberg… - Scientific Reports, 2013 - nature.com
Paraelectrical tuning of a charge carrier density as high as 1013 cm− 2 in the presence of a
high electronic carrier mobility on the delicate surfaces of correlated oxides, is a key to the …

Impedance analysis of amorphous and polycrystalline tantalum oxide sputtered films

G Sethi, B Bontempo, E Furman, MW Horn… - Journal of Materials …, 2011 - cambridge.org
Impedance spectroscopy studies were conducted on amorphous tantalum oxide thin films
prepared using pulsed-DC reactive sputtering, which were post-annealed to crystallize the …

Polymer nanodielectrics: current accomplishments and future challenges for electric energy storage

G Zhang, E Allahyarov, L Zhu - Nano/Micro-Structured Materials for Energy …, 2018 - Springer
In response to the need for high energy density and low-loss film capacitors in various
electrical and power applications, polymer nanocomposite dielectrics or nanodielectrics …