... 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 ...

... 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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  ...

... 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 ...

...  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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

... 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). ...

... 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  ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

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 ...

...  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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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, ...

...  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: ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

...  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 ...

... 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 ...

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, ...

...   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 ...

... 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 ...

...  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  ...

... 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), ...

...  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 ...

... 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),  ...

... 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), 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 ...

... 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 ...

...  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 ...

... 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 ...

...  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 ...

... 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 ...

...  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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

...  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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

...  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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 15. "Ultrafast Epitaxial Growth of Functional Oxide Thin Films by Pulsed Laser Annealing of Chemical Solutions" A. Queraltó, A. Perez del Pino, M. de la Mata, J. Arbiol, M. Tristany, X. Obradors, T. ...

...  nanocomposite geometries; (1) layered horizontal heterostructures (BaTiO3/CoFe2O4) and (2) self-organized column-matrix heterostructures (BiFeO3/CoFe2O4 and BaTiO3/CoFe2O4). Epitaxial growth using pulse ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

...  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 ...

... 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 ...

...      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 ...

... 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 ...

...  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 ...

... 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) ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... i 2010-2011 Dr. Xavier Martí                                      Dr. Xavier Martí Rovirosa performed his PhD thesis entitled “Growth and characterization of magnetoelectric YMnO3 epitaxial thin films” ...

...  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 ...