Thickness dependence of characteristics for (Ba, Sr)TiO3 thin films prepared by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition

(Ba-0.6,Sr-0.4)TiO3 thin films were prepared by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) using bisdipvaloyl-methanatobarium tetraethylenepentamine adduct (Ba(C11H19O2)(2)(C8H23N5)(2)), bisdipvaloylmethanatostrontium tetraethylene-pentamine adduct (Sr(C11H19O2)(2)(C8H23N5)(2)), and titanium isopropoxide (Ti(i-OC3H7)(4)) as starting materials. The thickness dependence of permittivity and other characteristics were investigated for epitaxially grown barium strontium titanate (BST) thin films on Pt(100)/MgO(100) substrates and nonepitaxially grown BST films on Pt(111)/MgO(100) substrates. The epitaxially grown films had a high relative permittivity (1200) at thicknesses greater than 120 nm. Permittivity decreased with the film thickness when the thickness was less than 120 nm, but remained constant at thicknesses between 50 and 80 nm. The nonepitaxially grown films had a relative permittivity of 600 at a thickness greater than 100 nm and decreased with decreasing film thickness when the thickness was below 100 nm. In this paper, the origin of thickness dependence is discussed in terms of the grain-size effect and the strain effect.