Thickness Dependence and Electrical Properties of Ultrathin PZT Films Grown on SrRuO 3 /SrTiO 3 by MOCVD
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Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. Vol. 596 © 2000 Materials Research Society
Surface morphology was observed using a field emission scanning microscope (FE-SEM) (Hitachi S-900) and scanning probe microscopy (SPM) (Seiko Instru. Inc. SP13800N). I-V characteristics and ferroelectric properties were measured using an electrometer (Keithley 6517), an LCR meter (HP 4262A), a Sawyer-Tower circuit, a pulse generator (HP 811OA) and a digitizing oscilloscope (HP 54616B). RESULTS AND DISCUSSION Thickness Dependence of Crystalline Structure SRO(001) films were epitaxially grown on a STO(001) substrate at a growth temperature of 530TC by rf magnetron sputtering. PZT(001) films were also successfully grown on SRO/STO at 580TC by MOCVD. X-ray rocking curve measurements and in-plane glancing incident X-ray diffraction measurements showed that PZT thin films obtained were epitaxially grown on a SRO(00 1)/
STO(001) substrate [9,10]. Polycrystalline SRO(110) orientated films were grown on Si0 2/Si at 580TC. Polycrystalline PZT films with (100) and (I10) mixed orientations were grown on SRO/ SiO2/Si [9,10]. Dependence of the lattice constant of the epitaxial PZT films on film thickness over the range of 40 to 400nm is shown in Fig. 1. The a-axis decreased and the c-axis increased as film thickness decreased. This result showed the same behavior in BaTiO 3/Pt/MgO [11,12]. PZT films obtained in our experiments showed tetragonal structures even when film thickness was less than 50nm. Figure 2 shows the dependence of the lattice constant of PZT, SRO and STO on temperature. This temperature dependence was measured using high temperature X-ray diffraction. The c-axis lattice constant of the PZT film decreased as temperature rose to 380 0C, and afterward was constant up to a temperature of 600TC. This indicates that the obtained PZT film had a phase transition temperature of 380TC. The difference in phase transition temperature between thin film and bulk PZT can be explained by the stress induced by the substrate [11,12]. Surface morphology of epitaxial PZT films was observed with FE-SEM as shown in Fig.3. SEM images revealed that the 40nm-thick and 400nm-thick PZT films showed smooth surface compared with that of polycrystalline PZT film on SRO/Si0 2/Si. No grain was observed for these epitaxial films.
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Thickness dependence of relative dielectric constant for epitaxial PZT films was measured. Figure 4 shows the reciprocal capacitance versus the film thickness for
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