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Thin films of the alpha-quartz SixGe1-xO2 solid-solution
Silang Zhou, Jordi Antoja-Lleonart, Václav Ocelík +1
SiO2 with the alpha-quartz structure is one of the most popular piezoelectrics. It is widely used in crystal oscillators, bulk acoustic wave (BAW) devices, surface acoustic wave (S…
Spherulitic and rotational crystal growth of Quartz thin films
Nick R. Lutjes, Silang Zhou, Jordi Antoja-Lleonart +2
To obtain crystalline thin films of alpha-Quartz represents a challenge due to the tendency for the material towards spherulitic growth. Thus, understanding the mechanisms that giv…
Crystallization of GeO2 thin films into alpha-quartz: from spherulites to single crystals
Silang Zhou, Jordi Antoja-Lleonart, Pavan Nukala +3
Piezoelectric quartz SiO2 crystals are widely used in industry as oscillators. As a natural mineral, quartz and its relevant silicates are also of interest of geoscience and minera…
Atomic Layer Deposition of SiO-GeO multilayers
Jordi Antoja-Lleonart, Silang Zhou, Kit de Hond +3
Despite its interest for CMOS applications, Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) of GeO thin films, by itself or in combination with SiO, has not been widely investigated yet.…
BaTiO3 thin films as transitional ferrroelectrics with giant dielectric response
A. S. Everhardt, T. Denneulin, A. Gruenebohm +9
Proximity to phase transitions (PTs) is frequently responsible for the largest dielectric susceptibilities in ferroelectrics. The impracticality of using temperature as a control p…
Periodicity doubling cascades: direct observation in ferroelastic materials
Arnoud S. Everhardt, Silvia Damerio, Jacob A. Zorn +6
Very sensitive responses to external forces are found near phase transitions. However, phase transition dynamics and pre-equilibrium phenomena are difficult to detect and control.…