... Epitaxial films of piezoelectric α-quartz could enable the fabrication of sensors with unprecedented sensitivity for prospective applications in electronics, biology and medicine. However, the prerequisites ...
<span class="highlight">Growth</span> Window of Ferroelectric <span class="highlight">Epitaxial</span> Hf0.5Zr0.5O2 Thin Films ...
... generally obtained in polycrystalline films, whereas in epitaxial films its formation has been much less investigated. We have grown Hf0.5Zr0.5O2 films by pulsed laser deposition and the growth window ...
Ultrafast <span class="highlight">Epitaxial</span> <span class="highlight">Growth</span> Kinetics in Functional Oxide Thin Films Grown by Pulsed Laser Annealing of Chemical Solutions ...
... under atmospheric conditions. We provide new insight on the influence of photochemical and photothermal interactions on the epitaxial crystallization kinetics of oxide thin films during the transformation ...
Disentangling <span class="highlight">Epitaxial</span> <span class="highlight">Growth</span> Mechanisms of Solution Derived Functional Oxide Thin Films ...
Albert Queraltó,* Maria de la Mata, Jordi Arbiol, Xavier Obradors and Teresa Puig. Advanced Materials Interfaces. DOI: 10.1002/admi.201600392
This study investigates the mechanisms of epitaxial development ...
<span class="highlight">Growth</span> of ferroelectric Ba0.8Sr0.2TiO3 <span class="highlight">epitaxial</span> films by ultraviolet pulsed laser irradiation of chemical solution derived precursor layers ...
A. Queraltó, A. Pérez del Pino, M. de la Mata, J. Arbiol, M. Tristany, A. Gómez, X. Obradors and T. Puig. Appl. Phys. Lett. 106, 262903 (2015)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4923376
Highly crystalline epitaxial Ba0.8Sr0.2TiO3 (BST) thin-films are grown on ...
Independent Tuning of Optical Transparency Window and Electrical Properties of <span class="highlight">Epitaxial</span> SrVO3 Thin Films by Substrate Mismatch ...
... plasma frequency, ωp*) down to the infrared. Here, it is shown that epitaxial strain and carrier concentration allow fine tuning of optical properties (ωp*) of SrVO3 films by modulating m* due to strain‐induced ...
Control of Polar Orientation and Lattice Strain in <span class="highlight">Epitaxial</span> BaTiO3 Films on Silicon ...
... strain engineering of epitaxial ferroelectric oxide thin films is based on the selection of substrates with a suitable lattice parameter. Here, we show that the variation of oxygen pressure during pulsed ...
Tailoring Lattice Strain and Ferroelectric Polarization of <span class="highlight">Epitaxial</span> BaTiO3 Thin Films on Si(001) ...
... polarization have been integrated with Si(001) by pulsed laser deposition. High quality c-oriented epitaxial films are obtained in a substrate temperature range of about 300 °C wide. The deposition temperature ...
Unveiling the Nucleation and Coarsening Mechanisms of Solution-Derived Self-Assembled <span class="highlight">Epitaxial</span> Ce0.9Gd0.1O2–y Nanostructures ...
... ased on chemical solution deposition (CSD) are ideal methods for the cost-effective production of epitaxial nanostructures with high throughput. Therefore, an in-depth investigation of the nucleation ...
Superconducting YBa2Cu3O7–δ Nanocomposites Using Preformed ZrO2 Nanocrystals: <span class="highlight">Growth</span> Mechanisms and Vortex Pinning Properties
... least 2.5 months. These NCs tend to disrupt the epitaxial growth of YBa2Cu3O7–δ, unless a thin seed layer is applied. A 10 mol% ZrO2 NC addition proved to be optimal, yielding a critical current density JC of ...
<span class="highlight">Growth</span> Instabilities as a Source of Surface Chemical Structuration in Functional Perovskite Thin Films
...
The spontaneous formation of double chemical terminated surfaces of La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 due to deviations from ideal epitaxial growth during its deposition on SrTiO3(001) is presented. The development of ...
Misfit Dislocation Guided Topographic and Conduction Patterning in Complex Oxide <span class="highlight">Epitaxial</span> Thin Films ...
... epitaxial films. As a step further toward the lateral miniaturization of functional nanostructures, this work uncovers the role of misfit dislocations in creating periodic surface strain patterns that ...
<span class="highlight">Epitaxial</span> YBa2Cu3O7−x nanocomposite thin films from colloidal solutions ...
... Puig and X Obradors.
IOP Publishing Ltd • Superconductor Science and Technology, Volume 28
A methodology of general validity to prepare epitaxial nanocomposite films based on the use of colloidal ...
Composition and Strain Imaging of <span class="highlight">Epitaxial</span> In-Plane SiGe Alloy Nanowires by Micro-Raman Spectroscopy ...
M. I. Alonso*, E. Bailo, M. Garriga, A. Molero, P. O. Vaccaro, A. R. Goñi, A. Ruiz, and M. Alonso;
J. Phys. Chem. C, 2015, 119 (38), pp 22154–22163; DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b04301
We report ...
Ultrafast Crystallization of Ce0.9Zr0.1O2–y <span class="highlight">Epitaxial</span> Films on Flexible Technical Substrates by Pulsed Laser Irradiation of Chemical Solution Derived Precursor Layers ...
... epitaxial growth of Ce0.9Zr0.1O2–y (CZO) thin-films on yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) (001) single crystal and YSZ (001)/stainless steel (YSZ/SS) technological substrates is investigated by pulsed laser ...
Water-Induced Phase Separation forming Macrostructured <span class="highlight">Epitaxial</span> Quartz Films on Silicon ...
... a semiconductor platform has proven to be challenging. However, here, a new approach is presented to integrate epitaxial quartz films with macroperforations within the range of 500 nm and 1 μm using chemical ...
Chemical solution route to self-assembled <span class="highlight">epitaxial</span> oxide nanostructures ...
X. Obradors, T. Puig,* M. Gibert, A. Queraltó, J. Zabaleta and N. Mestres
Chem. Soc. Rev., 2014,43, 2200-2225
DOI: 10.1039/C3CS60365B
Self-assembly of oxides as a bottom-up approach to functional ...
Tailored surfaces of perovskite oxide substrates for conducted <span class="highlight">growth</span> of thin films
Florencio Sánchez,* Carmen Ocal* and Josep Fontcuberta*
Chem. Soc. Rev., 2014,43, 2272-2285
DOI: 10.1039/C3CS60434A
Oxide electronics relies on the availability of epitaxial oxide thin films. ...
Large out-of-plane ferroelectric polarization in flat <span class="highlight">epitaxial</span> BaTiO3 on CoFe2O4 heterostructures ...
... in perovskite/spinel heterostructures is challenged by structural differences. We have used kinetic growth limitations to fabricate flat BaTiO3/CoFe2O4 (BTO/CFO) epitaxial bilayers on La2/3Sr1/3MnO3/SrTiO3(001). ...
One-Step Macroscopic Alignment of Conjugated Polymer Systems by <span class="highlight">Epitaxial</span> Crystallization during Spin-Coating ...
... olidification is initiated by growth of macroscopic TCB spherulites followed by epitaxial crystallization of P3HT on TCB crystals. Subsequent sublimation of TCB leaves behind a replica of the original ...
Soft-Chemistry–Based Routes to <span class="highlight">Epitaxial</span> α-Quartz Thin Films with Tunable Textures ...
... crystal twinning, and loss of nanofeatures upon crystallization. We report the epitaxial growth of nanostructured polycrystalline quartz films on silicon [Si(100)] substrates via the solution deposition ...
Competing Misfit Relaxation Mechanisms in <span class="highlight">Epitaxial</span> Correlated Oxides ...
... http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.107206
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.107206
Strain engineering of functional properties in epitaxial thin films of strongly correlated oxides ...
Postdoc Position at ICMAB “Industrially manufacturing process for high temperature superconducting coated conductors technology”
... y and enable wide market adoption. Some challenges currently limit the practical use of HTS conductors. First, the high cost / performance ratio imposed by the fabrication methods of kilometer-lengths epitaxi ...
Spontaneous cationic ordering in chemical-solution-grown La2CoMnO6 double perovskite thin films
... de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona in Spain and colleagues have developed a fabrication strategy that lets La2CoMnO6 epitaxial thin films grow in an optimal orientation for device applications. The team ...
Congratulations Dr. Jjike Lyu, new ICMAB graduate!
Congratulations Dr. Jike Lyu for successfully defending your PhD Thesis "Epitaxial Ferroelectric Thin Films on Si(001): strain tuning of BaTiO3 and stabilization of polar phase in Hf0.5Zr0.5O2" at ICMAB ...
PhD Thesis Defense by Jike Lyu on 12 September 2019 at 11 am
The PhD Researcher Jike Lyu from the Laboratory of Multifunctional Oxides and Complex Structures (MULFOX) at ICMAB will defend his PhD thesis on Thursday, 12 September 2019, at 11 am at ICMAB-CSIC.
Epitaxial ...
X-rays find key insights in metal-oxide thin film interfaces
... exploiting the sensitivity of X-ray linear dichroism (XLD) to electronic orbital occupancy, researchers have been able to show that epitaxial strain acting on SrVO3 thin films, is a toggle that allows ...
All you ever wanted to know about the present and future of oxide electronics, compiled in a roadmap
... onics. The applications are focused explicitly on thin-film-based applications, and when possible on epitaxial films.
More information:
M.Coll, J.Fontcuberta et al. Towards Oxide Electronics: a Roadma ...
Projects offered at ICMAB for internships during 2019
... urces of energy. Besides, silicon is to-date the most fundamental technological material in the electronics industry. Therefore, integrating high quality epitaxial oxide films and nanostructures on silicon i ...
Three open PhD positions at the Superconducting Materials and Large Scale Nanostructures Group
The Superconducting Materials and Large Scale Nanostructures (SUMAN) Group offers three PhD fellow positions in the following topics: Ultrafast growth of thick superconducting epitaxial layers from transient ...
Postdoc position in GEMaC lab in Versailles: Large surface Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) of functional perovskite oxides
... layer deposition) for the growth of large-area and high-quality oxide film on silicon wafers (2 inches). Challenge is to demonstrate our ability to growth epitaxial perovskite oxide with desired functiona ...
Congratulations to Dr. Ziliang Li, new ICMAB graduate!
... n of growth parameters, this process was shown to be efficient for both the epitaxial growth of YBCO films on CeO2 buffered tapes and the preparation of high quality YBCO ultrathin films. Using this therm ...
2018
... 3 Issue: 1 Pages: 1293-1297 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.7b01580 Published: JAN 2018 Tailoring Lattice Strain and Ferroelectric Polarization of Epitaxial BaTiO3 Thin Films on Si(001) Author(s): Lyu, J (Lyu, ...
2019
... Epitaxial Integration on Si(001) of Ferroelectric Hf0.5Zr0.5O2 Capacitors with High Retention and Endurance Lyu, J; Fina, I; Fontcuberta, J; Sanchez, F ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES Volume: 11 Issue: ...
Many ICMAB researchers at the E-MRS Spring Meeting 2018 in Strasbourg
... photonics
V: Epitaxial integration of dissimilar materials: challenges and fundamentals
W: Hybrid materials: state of the art and new frontiers
MATERIAL PROCESSING AND CHARACTERIZATION
X: Photon-assisted ...
Disentangling the origin of magnetic proximity effects at the magnetic/non-magnetic interface
... t insight into the interface-related phenomena, in this work, researchers simultaneously grew two epitaxial CoFe2O4 (CFO) films on MgAl2O4(001) substrates under identical PLD growth conditions and subsequent ...
2018 call for Severo Ochoa Internship Fellowships at ICMAB for Master Students
... This project will focus on an atomic-scale investigation of graphene modified by intercalation of atomic species. The experimental activity will go from the growth of epitaxial graphene and the insertio ...
Real Space Demonstration of Induced Crystalline 3D Nanostructuration of Organic Layers
... modes reveals the stacking sequence of the piled layers. In particular, we unambiguously achieve epitaxial growth, an issue of fundamental importance in thin film strategies for the nanostructuration of ...
1997
A.- MAGNETIC AND SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS 1.- Thermal and Mechanical Effects on the Properties of YBa2Cu3O7-d Deposits Obtained by Electrodeposition of Precursors in Presence of Cyanide.Physica C, 276, ...
1998
... L. Fàbrega, B. Martínez, J. Fontcuberta, A. Sin, S. Piñol, and X. Obradors
25.- Epitaxial growth of "infinite layer" thin films and multilayers by rf magnetron sputtering
Journal of Materials Res ...
PhD Thesis Defense by Ziliang Li on 19 July at 12 pm
... t for both the epitaxial growth of YBCO films on CeO2 buffered tapes and the preparation of high quality YBCO ultrathin films. Using this thermal process, nanoparticle concentration in nanocomposite fil ...
1999
... Serna, A. Roig, Ll. Casas, B. Martínez and F. Sandiumenge
6.- Epitaxial growth of magnetoresistive (00h), (0hh) and (hhh) La2/3Sr1/3MnO3 thin films on (001)Si substrates
Applied Physics ...
2000
... Ferrater, F. Sánchez, M. Varela, R. Hiergeist and K. Steenbeck.
Magnetoresistance at artificial interfaces in epitaxial ferromagnetic thin films.
Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 211,(2000), ...
2001
... V. Laukhin, J. Fontcuberta, J. Nogués, V. Skumryev, J.S. Muñoz, L. Pinsard and A. Revcolevschi
35.- Magneto-optical Kerr effect in laser-patterned La2/3Sr1/3MnO3 epitaxial thin films Journal of Applie ...
2002
... 54436-1 - 054436-6
B. Martínez, V. Laukhin, J. Fontcuberta, L. Pinsard and A. Revcolevschi
27.- Charge trapping in optimally doped epitaxial manganite thin films
Physical Review B, 66, (2002), ...
2003
... anometric epitaxial SrRuO3 thin films
Applied Physics Letters, 82 (1), (2003), pp. 85-87
G. Herranz, B. Martínez, J. Fontcuberta, F. Sánchez, M.V. García -Cuenca, C. Ferrater and M. Varela
30.- ...
2004
... (2004), pp. 1834- 1835
M. Wójcik, E. Jędryka, S. Nadolski, J. Navarro and J. Fontcuberta
46.- Measuring the magnetoelastic anisotropy constant in manganite epitaxial thin
films
Journal of Magnetism ...
2005
... on the magnetic properties of Co-doped ZnO nanoparticles Applied Physics Letters, 86, (2005), pp. 103113-1 - 103113-3 33.- Ll. Abad, B. Martínez and Ll. Balcells Surface behavior of La2/3Ca1/3MnO3 epitaxial ...
2006
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20.- S. Valencia, A. Gaupp, W. Gudat, Ll. Abad, Ll. Balcells, B. Martínez and V. Laukhin
Soft x-ray absorption spectroscopy of strained epitaxial manganite thin films
Applied Physics Letters, 8 ...
2007
... p. 224415-1 – 224415-12
44.- X. Martí, V. Skumryev, V. Laukhin, F. Sánchez, M.V. García-Cuenca, C. Ferrater, M. Varela and J. Fontcuberta
Dielectric anomaly and magnetic response of epitaxial orthorhom ...
2008
... in epitaxial thin films of La2NiO4+δ
Journal of Materials Chemistry, 18 (4), (2008), pp. 416-422
118.- A. Pareek, X. Torrelles, K. Angermund, J. Rius, U. Magdans and H. Gies
Structure of inte ...
2009
... R. Muralidharan, F. Rigato, N. Dix, X. Martí, J. Santiso, F. Sánchez and J. Fontcuberta
Enhanced thermal stability of Pt electrodes for flat epitaxial biferroic-YMnO3/Pt heterostructures
Applied Phys ...
2010
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1. Dix, N.; Muralidharan, R.; Rebled, J.M.; Estrade, S.; Peiro, F.; Varela, M.; Fontcuberta, J.; Sanchez, F.
Selectable Spontaneous Polarization Direction and Magnetic Anisotropy in BiFeO3-Co ...
2012
... rbital occupancy in transition metal perovskite epitaxial films
(2012) Nature Communications, 3
1.1 Also included in line 4.1
8. Laukhin, V.; Copie, O.; Rozenberg, M.J.; Weht, R.; Bouzehoua ...
2011
... ination of structural data in ultrathin La2/3Sr1/3MnO3 epitaxial thin films
(2011) Applied Physics Letters, 99, id. 221901
12. García-Muñoz, J.L.; Frontera, C.; Barón-González, A.J.; Valencia ...
2013
... 1. Carretero-Genevrier, A; Gich, M; Picas, L; Gazquez, J; Drisko, GL; Boissiere, C; Grosso, D; Rodriguez-Carvajal, J; Sanchez, C
Soft-Chemistry-Based Routes to Epitaxial α-Quartz Thin Films with ...
2014
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1. Farokhipoor, S; Magen, C; Venkatesan, S; Íñiguez, J; Daumont, CJM; Rubi, D; Snoeck, E; Mostovoy, M; de Graaf, C; Muller, A; Doblinger, M; Scheu, C; Noheda, B
Artificial chemical and ...
2015
... ailo, E; Garriga, M; Molero, A; Vaccaro, PO; Goni, AR; Ruiz, A; Alonso, M
Composition and Strain Imaging of Epitaxial In-Plane SiGe Alloy Nanowires by Micro-Raman Spectroscopy
(2015) Journal of Ph ...
Strain landscapes and self-organization of free surfaces in complex oxide epitaxy
... of epitaxial transition metal oxides with the perovskite structure often shows discrepancies with models established for semiconductor and metal films. The reason is rooted in the versatility of such octahedral ...
Open call for the INPhINIT “La Caixa” Doctoral Fellowship Programme - Opportunities at ICMAB-CSIC
...
FRONTERA, Carlos
Pushing the limits of X-ray diffraction techniques in epitaxial thin films: structure and strain distribution analysis
Diffraction techniques are very important i ...
18 JAN 2018: Call for Abstracts for the E-MRS Spring Meeting 2018 Symposium on Functional Materials
... e ideas with some experts in the field on atomic layer deposition (ALD), polymer assisted deposition of epitaxial thin-films oxides, chemical vapor deposition (CVD), nanomaterials synthesis, surface chemist ...
Hybrid YBa2Cu3O7 Superconducting–Ferromagnetic Nanocomposite Thin Films Prepared from Colloidal Chemical Solutions
... epitaxial thin films from preformed spinel ferrite (MFe2O4, M = Mn, Co) nanoparticles (NPs) is explored. The characterization, performed using a combination of structural and magnetic techniques, reveals ...
Laser Processing
... örgy, S. Hussain, J. L. Andújar, E. Pascual, R. Amade, E. Bertrán Journal of Materials Science 52 (2017) 4002-4015.
"Ultrafast Epitaxial Growth of Functional Oxide Thin Films by Pulsed Laser Annea ...
PhD Thesis Defense: "Preparation and characterization of biferroic nanostructures with magneto-electric coupling" by Nico Dix on 27 April at 11:30 am
... nanocomposite geometries; (1) layered horizontal heterostructures (BaTiO3/CoFe2O4) and (2) self-organized column-matrix heterostructures (BiFeO3/CoFe2O4 and BaTiO3/CoFe2O4). Epitaxial growth using pulse ...
2018 projects offered for Internships
... urces of energy. Besides, silicon is to-date the most fundamental technological material in the electronics industry. Therefore, integrating high quality epitaxial oxide films and nanostructures on silicon i ...
Predoctoral FPU contracts Call
... interfacial and defect core structures at the atomic scale in epitaxial self-assembled oxide nanostructures and thin films constitutes a cornerstone to the realization of novel functionalities. We invite ...
Thesis Mateusz Scigaj (PHOTOS)
... ferroelectric BaTiO3 on silicon, the current platform for microelectronics. This was done using the LNO/CeO2/YSZ buffer layer. The structural and functional properties are investigated. The films are epitaxial ...
OFERTA DE BECAS
... an atomic-scale investigation. The experimental activity will go from the growth of epitaxial graphene and the insertion of atoms beneath to the characterization of properties by a combined STM/AFM microscope ...
PhD Thesis Defense by Núria Bagués on 6th June at 11:30 am
... epitaxial films of functional perovskite-type oxides"
Date: Tuesday 6th June Time: 11:30 am Place: ICN2 - Seminar Room
Abstract: This thesis focuses on the characterization of the atomic and chemica ...
Congratulation to Pablo Cayado for obtaining his PhD
... high quality epitaxial YBCO nanocomposites by using the ex-situ approach. The study of the oxygen diffusion processes in YBCO thin films was done using in-situ resistance measurements that allow to monitor ...
Solution design for low-fluorine trifluoroacetate route to YBa2Cu3O7 films
...
We present our work in the preparation of metallorganic precursor solutions with reduced fluorine content, able to fulfil the requirements for high-performance superconducting YBCO epitaxial ...
2016
... FOR POWER APPLICATIONS
59. Queralto, Albert; Perez del Pino, Angel; de la Mata, Maria; Arbiol, Jordi; Tristany, Mar; Obradors, Xavier; Puig, Teresa
Ultrafast Epitaxial Growth Kinetics in Functional ...
2017
... Vaccaro, P. O.; Wagner, M. R.; Kolosov, O., V; Sotomayor Torres, C. M.; Alzina, F.
Thermal transport in epitaxial Si1-xGex alloy nanowires with varying composition and morphology
(2017), Nanotechnology ...
Direct Monolithic Integration of Vertical Single Crystalline Octahedral Molecular Sieve Nanowires on Silicon
... Mater., 2014, 26 (2), pp 1019–1028
DOI: 10.1021/cm403064u
We developed an original strategy to produce vertical epitaxial single crystalline manganese oxide octahedral molecular sieve (OMS) ...
Ferromagnetic 1D oxide nanostructures grown from chemical solutions in confined geometries
... polymeric template systems directly supported on different substrates for the confined growth of epitaxial ferromagnetic complex oxide 1D nanostructures. In particular, we describe the versatility and ...
Strain-driven broken twin boundary coherence in YBa2Cu3O7−δ nanocomposite thin films
... we use high resolution scanning transmission electron microscopy to study epitaxial YBa2Cu3O7−δ (YBCO) nanocomposite thin films. We find that twin boundaries (TB) in YBCO nanocomposite thin films are disturbed ...
Premis Extraordinaris de doctorat de Ciencia de Materials
... i 2010-2011
Dr. Xavier Martí
Dr. Xavier Martí Rovirosa performed his PhD thesis entitled “Growth and characterization of magnetoelectric YMnO3 epitaxial thin films” ...
Thin Films Laboratory
... and to grow epitaxial films and heterostructures. Moreover, PLD is highly versatile to optimize the deposition conditions of new materials, and the films can be grown in relatively fast processes. Thes ...