Advances in Thin Films, Nanostructured Materials, and Coatings

authors	Tkach, A; Okhay, O; Santos, A; Zlotnik, S; Serrazina, R; Vilarinho, PM; Costa, ME
editors	Alexander Pogrebnjak and Valentin Novosad
chapter title	Strain effect on the properties of polar dielectric thin films
nationality	International
author keywords	Thin films, Sol-gel, Thermal expansion, Stress/strain, Ferroelectric hysteresis, Dielectric properties
abstract	Low cost scalable processing and substrates are critical for optimized polar dielectric performance of functional oxide thin films if they are to achieve commercialization. Here, we present a comprehensive investigation of the role low-cost MgO, Al 2 O 3 , SrTiO 3 and Si substrates on the structural and electrical properties of sol-gel derived SrTiO 3 (ST) and K 0.5 Na 0.5 NbO 3 (KNN) thin films. The substrate is found to have a strong effect on the stress/stain state and, consequently, on the dielectric and ferroelectric response of the films. A tensile stress induced in-plane by the thermal expansion mismatch between the substrates and the films observed for ST and KNN films deposited on platinized Al 2 O 3 and Si substrates, respectively, lowers the relative permittivity and remanent polarization values in the parallel plate capacitor geometry. In contrast, a compressive stress/strain observed for ST films deposited on MgO/Pt and KNN films on SrTiO 3 /Pt substrates result in superior polarization and dielectric permittivity, corresponding to enhanced out-of-plane displacement of Ti 4+ ions in ST films and Nb 5+ ions in KNN films. It is thus demonstrated that for polycrystalline polar dielectric thin films the relative permittivity and polarization may be optimized through an induced compressive stress state.
publisher	Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd
isbn	978-981-13-6132-6
year published	2019
beginning page	331
ending page	342
book digital object identifier (doi)	10.1007/978-981-13-6133-3
link	https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-13-6133-3