Preparation of Epitaxial Scandium Trifluoride Thin Films using Pulsed Laser Deposition

Amani S. Jayakody, Joseph Budnick, Jason N. Hancock +2

Bulk Scandium trifluoride ($\mathrm{Sc}{\mathrm{F}}_3$) is known for a pronounced negative thermal expansion (NTE) over a wide range of temperature, from $10~\mathrm{K}~\text{to}~ 1100~\mathr…