Accommodation of excess Ti in a (Ba, Sr)TiO3 thin film with 53.4% Ti grown on Pt/SiO2/Si by metalorganic chemical-vapor deposition

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Levin, I [1 ]
Leapman, RD
Kaiser, DL
van Buskirk, PC
Bilodeau, S
Carl, R
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[1] Natl Inst Stand & Technol, Div Ceram, Gaithersburg, MD 20899 USA
[2] NIH, ORS, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA
[3] Appl Technol Mat Inc, Danbury, CT 06810 USA
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10.1063/1.124674
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The microstructure and chemistry of a Ti-rich (Ba, Sr)TiO3 film with 53.4% Ti deposited on a Pt/SiO2/Si substrate by metallorganic chemical-vapor deposition was studied using high-resolution transmission electron microscopy and elemental mapping in electron energy-loss spectroscopy. We established that the Ti/Ba ratio at all the grain boundaries in this film is significantly higher than that in the grain interiors. Structural images revealed the presence of disordered amorphous-like regions at some of the grain boundaries and triple junctions; these regions were tentatively identified as those having the highest Ti/Ba ratio in the chemical maps. Analysis of the electron energy-loss near-edge structure for the O-K edge indicated an increased titanium-to-oxygen coordination at the grain boundaries. No second phase was detected at the (Ba, Sr)TiO3/Pt interface. (C) 1999 American Institute of Physics. [S0003-6951(99)01735-0].
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