Epitaxial growth and electronic structure of LaTiOx films
27 May 2002
LaTiOx films have been grown on (001) perovskite oxide substrates by pulsed-laser deposition. Both single-phase perovskite LaTiO3 and layered La2Ti2O7 films could be stabilized by varying the oxygen partial pressure and substrate temperature during growth.
We have obtained a crystallographic and electronic phase diagram for LaTiOx films, demonstrating the ability to vary the titanium valence from 3+ to 4+ in thermodynamically unfavorable growth conditions by utilizing interface energies. (C) 2002 American Institute of Physics.