Epitaxial growth of NaxCoO2 thin films by pulsed laser deposition

Krockenberger Y; Fritsch I; Cristiani G; Matveev A; Alff L; Habermeier HU; Keimer B

Thin Solid Films, Vol.486, No.1-2, 170-173, 2005

DOI10.1016/j.tsf.2004.11.231 Export Citation

Epitaxial growth of NaxCoO2 thin films by pulsed laser deposition

Krockenberger Y, Fritsch I, Cristiani G, Matveev A, Alff L, Habermeier HU, Keimer B

Single phase thin films of NaxCoO2 have been grown by pulsed laser deposition. The growth conditions were studied based on the log po(2)-1/T phase diagram using different types of substrate materials. For Na0.58CoO2 metallic behavior is found down to 4.2 K. (c) 2004 Published by Elsevier B.V.

Keywords:253 laser ablation;75 cobalt oxides;175 growth mechanism