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Epitaxial growth of “infinite layer” thin films and multilayers by rf magnetron sputtering

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

L. Fàbrega ,
E. Koller ,
J. M. Triscone  and
Ø. Fischer
L. Fàbrega
Affiliation:
Département de Physique de la Matière Condensée, Université de Genève, 24 quai Ernest Ansermet, 1211 Genève, Switzerland
E. Koller
Affiliation:
Département de Physique de la Matière Condensée, Université de Genève, 24 quai Ernest Ansermet, 1211 Genève, Switzerland
J. M. Triscone
Affiliation:
Département de Physique de la Matière Condensée, Université de Genève, 24 quai Ernest Ansermet, 1211 Genève, Switzerland
Ø. Fischer
Affiliation:
Département de Physique de la Matière Condensée, Université de Genève, 24 quai Ernest Ansermet, 1211 Genève, Switzerland
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Abstract

We report on the preparation and characterization of epitaxial ACuO2 (A = Sr, Ca, Ba) thin films and multilayers with the so- called infinite layer (IL) structure, by rf magnetron sputtering. Films and multilayers without Ba have a remarkable crystal quality, whereas those containing this large ion are often multiphased and unstable. In spite of the excellent crystalline quality of these samples, obtaining thin films having both IL structure and displaying superconducting properties has not succeeded; our pure IL samples display semiconducting behavior, and the different procedures tried in order to dope them—annealings, introduction of disorder or cation vacancies, artificial layering—have failed. These results support that the pure IL structure ACuO2 (A = alkaline earth) cannot superconduct.

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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 13 , Issue 8 , August 1998 , pp. 2195 - 2201
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1998

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