1. Ion beam assisted texturing of polycrystalline Y2O3 films deposited via electron-beam evaporation
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Park, Seh-Jin and Norton, David P.
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METALLIC films , *ION bombardment , *X-ray diffraction , *SOLID state physics - Abstract
Abstract: Ion-beam assisted deposition of polycrystalline Y2O3 films using e-beam evaporation was investigated. For growth on non-crystalline substrates, low temperature growth yields randomly oriented polycrystalline material. At elevated temperature, surface energy anisotropy yields a (111) uniaxial texture. For film deposition with irradiation from an Ar ion beam, the out-of-plane texture remained (111) in orientation. The incident Ar ion beam induces an in-plane alignment of the Y2O3 films that is relatively broad. A six-fold symmetry in the out-of-plane X-ray diffraction phi-scans was observed for the (111) textured Y2O3 films, indicating a multi-variant in-plane texture and suggesting anisotropic damage along both the (110) and (100) projections. The lack of a sharp, single variant in-plane texture with ion beam irradiation is consistent with the relatively weak bond strength in Y2O3. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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- 2006
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