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Liquid-phase Epitaxial Growth of BiFeO3 Thick Films using an Infrared Irradiation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Takeshi Kawae ,
Mitsuhiro Shiomoto ,
Hisashi Tsuda ,
Satoru Yamada ,
Masanori Nagao ,
Akiharu Morimoto  and
Minoru Kumeda
Takeshi Kawae
Affiliation:
kawae@ec.t.kanazawa-u.ac.jp, Kanazawa University, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa, 920-1192, Japan
Mitsuhiro Shiomoto
Affiliation:
2025shio@ee.t.kanazawa-u.ac.jp, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, 920-1192, Japan
Hisashi Tsuda
Affiliation:
3028tsud@ee.t.kanazawa-u.ac.jp, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, 920-1192, Japan
Satoru Yamada
Affiliation:
satoru@ishikawa-nct.ac.jp, Ishikawa National College of Technology, Kahoku-gun, 920-0392, Japan
Masanori Nagao
Affiliation:
NAGAO.Masanori@nims.go.jp, National Institute for Material Science, Tsukuba, 305-0047, Japan
Akiharu Morimoto
Affiliation:
amorimot@ec.t.kanazawa-u.ac.jp, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, 920-1192, Japan
Minoru Kumeda
Affiliation:
kumeda@ec.t.kanazawa-u.ac.jp, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, 920-1192, Japan
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Abstract

Epitaxial BiFeO3 (BFO) thick films were fabricated on SrTiO3 (STO) substrates by a simple liquid-phase epitaxy (LPE) growth technique. To avoid the evaporation of Bi, in this process, we used the lid substrate. As starting materials, we used calcined powder or amorphous films deposited by pulsed laser ablation. The fabricated films were found to have a single perovskite phase and be (100)-oriented. Cube-on-cube epitaxial growth of film on the STO substrate was also confirmed by ϕ-scan measurements. The films grown on the substrate display a multigrain structure with a maximum in-plane size of approximately 100μm, and the film thickness was about 3-35 μm. The interface structure between the film and the substrate was relatively smooth. These results indicate that the proposed simple LPE technique is highly suitable for the fabrication of BFO thick films.

Keywords

ferroelectricliquid-phase epitaxy (LPE)film
Type
Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1034 , 2007 , 1034-K03-02
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2008

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