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Highly c-axis textured MgO thin films were grown directly on Si(100) substrates without any buffer layer by RF magnetron sputtering for use as growth template of ferroelectric film. We fixed the target-to-substrate spacing of 40 mm and then changed the substrate temperature, deposition pressure, and RF power to study the effect of deposition parameters on the growth of c-axis textured MgO thin films. The as-grown films were post-annealed by the rapid thermal annealing (RTA) and furnace annealing to improve the film quality. The experimental results show that the optimum deposition parameters are substrate temperature of 350 °C, oxygen pressure of 15 mTorr and RF power of 75 W. The full width at half maximum intensity (FWHM) of MgO(200) peak obtained from the XRD measurement was 0.8°, and it was further reduced to 0.5° and 0.27° after annealing by RTA and furnace, respectively. Highly c-axis textured PZT and BaTiO3 films could be obtained on this template. Hysteresis loops of the BaTiO3 films deposited on MgO(100) single crystalline substrate and MgO(200)/Si(100) template were measured for comparison. The results show that MgO/Si templates thus obtained are suitable for the synthesis of perovskite ferroelectric thin films.
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Shih, WC., Wang, TL., Chiang, MH. et al. Preparation and characterization of highly c-axis textured MgO buffer layer grown on Si(100) substrate by RF magnetron sputtering for use as growth template of ferroelectric thin film. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 22, 430–436 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-010-0155-2
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