Abstract

The concentration of hydroxyl (-OH) groups in epitaxial barium titanate (BaTiO3) films (thickness ≈ 200 nm), deposited on single-crystal strontium titanate (SrTiO3) at 150 °C by a hydrothermal technique, was investigated using x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. After hydrothermal treatment, a broad FTIR resonance for the hydroxyl groups indicated a significant concentration of surface -OH groups in the films. The as-deposited films were subsequently treated hydrothermally with D2O, and the kinetics of the exchange reaction between -OH incorporated into the film and -OD from the D2O were studied using FTIR. For reactions carried out intermittently, the kinetics of the exchange reaction between -OH by -OD depended not only on the total reaction time, but also on the duration of each treatment. The broad FTIR hydroxyl resonance in the as-deposited hydrothermal film was significantly reduced only after heating for 1 h at 600-800 °C.

Department(s)

Chemistry

Second Department

Materials Science and Engineering

Sponsor(s)

Petroleum Research Fund
National Science Foundation (U.S.)

Keywords and Phrases

Fourier Transform; Barium Titanate; Hydrothermal; Spectroscopy; Strontium Titanate (SrTiO3)

Document Type

Article - Journal

Document Version

Final Version

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text

Language(s)

English

Rights

© 2005 Materials Research Society (MRS), All rights reserved.

Publication Date

01 Jan 2005

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