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Hydrothermal epitaxy of KtaO3 thin films

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

Gregory K. L. Goh ,
Carlos G. Levi  and
Fred F. Lange
Gregory K. L. Goh*
Affiliation:
Materials Department and Materials Research Laboratory, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106
Carlos G. Levi
Affiliation:
Materials Department and Materials Research Laboratory, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106
Fred F. Lange
Affiliation:
Materials Department and Materials Research Laboratory, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106
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a) Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: g-goh@imre.org.sg
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Abstract

Heteroepitaxial KTaO3 thin films were synthesized by the hydrothermal method below 175 °C in highly alkaline aqueous KOH solutions. KTaO3 films synthesized in 7 M KOH solutions contained a defect pyrochlore phase that had (400) and (111) out-of-plane orientations. The (400) oriented pyrochlore islands were epitaxially related to the (100) SrTiO3 substrate while the (111) oriented pyrochlore islands had four in-plane variants. Pyrochlore-free KTaO3 films could be synthesized in a 15 M KOH solution. Pyrochlore-free films were also grown at 7 M KOH by delaying the introduction of the (100) SrTiO3 substrate into the synthesis solution until the conditions favoring the formation of the pyrochlore phase had dissipated.

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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 17 , Issue 11 , November 2002 , pp. 2852 - 2858
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2002

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