Role of Ag in the epitaxial growth of oxide thin films

Clinton B. Lee, D. Kumar, Rajiv K. Singh, Derrick Mathis, Donovan Moxey

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Abstract

In this paper, we have reported our investigations related to the growth of high temperature superconducting YBa2Cu3O7-δ (YBCO) and colossal magnetoresistive La0.7MnxO3-δ (LMO) thin films in presence of silver. The films were grown using pulsed laser deposition (PLD) techniques and characterized using x-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, Squid magnetometer. The focus of our work is on the realization of significant improvement in microstructural and physical properties of these films by the addition of a common material (silver) to the films during their in-situ formation. Optical emission studies of plumes emanating from Ag target have been carried out to find the role of Ag acting as additional source of oxygen-supply to oxide lattices during film-growth.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)351-355
Number of pages5
JournalMaterials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings
Volume477
DOIs
StatePublished - 1997
Externally publishedYes
EventProceedings of the 1997 MRS Spring Meeting - San Francisco, CA, USA
Duration: 31 Mar 1997 → …

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