High temperature in situ diffraction

Thin films of indium tin oxide were widely used as optoelectronic devices. They can by produced by reactive magnetron sputtering. The obtained film is crystallin at elevated subrate temperature during the process or amorphous, if it is grown at room temperature. In such films crystallisation starts by annealing. In this investigation  the films were heated by a direct applied electric current flow through the film, which gives lower process temperatures for crystallisation compared to conventional isothermal annealing. The film resistance show different behaviour in vacuum and under air atmosphere, which give evidence for different crystallisation processes.

ROBL MRH in situ high temperature diffraction

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Rogozin A., Shevchenko N., Vinnichenko M., Prokert F., Cantelli V., Kolitsch A., and Möller W. (2004) Real-time evolution of the indium tin oxide film properties and structure during annealing in vacuum. Applied Physics Letters 85, 212-214.


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