학술논문

Structural and electrical characteristics of lanthanum oxide formed on surface of LaB6 film by annealing.
Document Type
Article
Source
Thin Solid Films. Aug2014, Vol. 564, p415-418. 4p.
Subject
*LANTHANUM oxide
*ANNEALING of metals
*X-ray diffraction
*SCANNING electron microscopy
*ELECTRIC capacity
*MAGNESIUM oxide
Language
ISSN
0040-6090
Abstract
The (100)-oriented lanthanum hexaboride (LaB6) films, deposited on MgO substrate by e-beam evaporation technique, were oxidated at 400°C, immersed in distilled water, and post-annealed at 650°C in vacuum (3.6Pa). The results obtained by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscope and reflection spectroscopy showed formation of La2O3/LaB6 structure with lanthanum oxide (La2O3) overlayer of cubic phase. The asymmetrical non-linear current-voltage and capacitance-voltage characteristics have been measured on Al/La2O3/LaB6/MgO stack at 1kHz under bias voltage from -10 to +10V and explained by space-charge-limited current; the dielectric constant of 11 for as-grown La2O3 is obtained. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]