(Zr,Ti)O-2 interface structure in ZrO2-TiO2 nanolaminates with ultrathin periodicity Academic Article

abstract

• A mixed cation interfacial structure in ZrO2-TiO2nanolaminate films with ultrathin bilayer periodicity grown by sputter deposition at 297 K was identified by x-ray diffraction and nonresonant Raman spectroscopy. This structure consists of an amorphous phase at a ZrO2-on-TiO2bilayer interface, followed by an extensive crystalline monoclinic (Zr,Ti)O2solid solution predicted by Vegard's law. Monoclinic (Zr,Ti)O2has previously been reported only once, in bulk powder of a single composition (ZrTiO4) at high pressure. Its stabilization in the nanolaminates is explained by the Gibbs-Thomson effect. This complex interfacial structure is shown to be a means of accommodating chemical mixing in the absence of a driving force for heteroepitaxy. 2002 American Institute of Physics.

authors

• Yakovlev, Vladislav

published proceedings

• APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

author list (cited authors)

• Aita, C. R., DeLoach, J. D., & Yakovlev, V. V.

citation count

• 14

complete list of authors

• Aita, CR||DeLoach, JD||Yakovlev, VV

publication date

• July 2002

publisher

• AIP Publishing  Publisher

published in

• Applied Physics Letters  Journal

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1063/1.1492013

start page

• 238

end page

• 240

volume

• 81

issue

• 2