Epitaxial Growth of SrMnO3 Films on SrTiO3 Substrates by Off-Axis Angle Radio Frequency Magnetron Sputtering
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ABSTRACT In this study, high-quality SrMnO 3 (001) film was grown on a SrTiO 3 (001) substrate using a 4 N purity target by 90° off-axis RF magnetron sputtering. In this study, the influence of the plasma center and surrounding positions on the growth of the SrMnO 3 film was investigated under different sputtering temperatures and working pressure conditions. The results revealed that the SrMnO 3 film exhibited the best crystallinity at the sputtering center under a high working pressure (135 mTorr), high substrate temperature (750 °C), and Ar to O ratio of 1:1. After investigating the relationship between the growth rate and the working pressure through the Alpha step, the film was grown at a lower sputtering rate of 2 nm/min. X-ray diffraction confirmed that the SrMnO 3 film was epitaxially grown on the SrTiO 3 substrate with an orientation relationship of SrMnO 3 (001)//SrTiO 3 (001). The growth state of SrMnO 3 on the crystal SrTiO 3 substrate was investigated by scanning electron microscopy (SEM); the results revealed that the surface was smooth and compact. In addition, the atomic force microscopy results were consistent with the SEM result; the results revealed that the surface of the film was atomically flat, and the atomic level flatness was 0.906 nm. Furthermore, the contact angle measurement results revealed that the film and substrate surface energy were almost similar and exhibited similar adhesion and internal stress. In addition, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy analysis revealed that the atomic composition ratio in the high-temperature sputtered SrMnO 3 film was consistent with the stoichiometric ratio of SrMnO 3 . The scope and results of this study will lay a foundation on the further research of the performance of SrMnO 3 film.PVF film prepared by means of extruding casting was cooled in water bath at different temperature,the crystallinity of the film sample was tested by XRD,the desolvation of the PVF film was made at different given temperature and got the curves of the desolvation rate.The results showed the higher the cooling temperature of water bath,the higher the initial crystallinity would be; the lower the initial crystallinity of film,the faster the desolvation rate would be; the crystallinity of film would increase during the desolvation,and the increase of the crystallinity would decrease the desolvation rate simultaneous.
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