Induced crystallization in CW laser-irradiated sol-gel deposited titania films [electronic resource].
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- Washington, D.C. : United States. Dept. of Energy, 1993.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy. - Physical Description:
- 6 pages : digital, PDF file
- Additional Creators:
- Pacific Northwest Laboratory, United States. Department of Energy, and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information
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- Summary:
- Isothermal annealing of amorphous TiO₂ films deposited from acidic sol-gel precursor solutions results in film densification and concomitant increase in refractive index. Subsequent heating above 300C leads to irreversible transformation to an anatase crystalline phase. Similar phenomena occur when such amorphous films are subjected to focused cw laser irradiation. Controlled variations in laser fluence are used to densify or crystallize selected regions of the film. Low fluence conditioning leads to the evolution of a subtle nanograin-size morphology, evident in AFM images, which appears to retard subsequent film crystallization when such regions are subjected to higher laser fluence. Time-resolved Raman spectroscopy has been used to characterize irradiated regions in order to follow the crystallization kinetics, assess phase homogeneity, and evaluate accompanying changes in residual film stress.
- Report Numbers:
- E 1.99:pnl-sa--22790
E 1.99: conf-931108--72
conf-931108--72
pnl-sa--22790 - Subject(s):
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- Note:
- Published through SciTech Connect.
12/31/1993.
"pnl-sa--22790"
" conf-931108--72"
"DE94006527"
Fall meeting of the Materials Research Society (MRS),Boston, MA (United States),29 Nov - 3 Dec 1993.
Exarhos, G.J.; Hess, N.J. - Funding Information:
- AC06-76RL01830
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