Friday, August 17, 2012

1208.3287 (A. Ichinose et al.)

Microscopic analysis of the chemical reaction between Fe(Te,Se) thin
films and underlying CaF$_2$
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A. Ichinose, I. Tsukada, M. Hanawa, Seiki Komiya, T. Akiike, F. Nabeshima, Y. Imai, A. Maeda
To understand the chemical reaction at the interface of materials, we performed a transmission electron microscopy (TEM) observation in four types of Fe(Te,Se) superconducting thin films prepared on different types of substrates: CaF2 substrate, CaF2 substrate with a CaF2 buffer layer, CaF2 substrate with a FeSe buffer layer, and a LaAlO3 substrate with a CaF2 buffer layer. Based on the energy-dispersive X-ray spectrometer (EDX) analysis, we found possible interdiffusion between fluorine and selenium that has a strong influence on the superconductivity in Fe(Te,Se) films. The chemical interdiffusion also plays a significant role in the variation of the lattice parameters. The lattice parameters of the Fe(Te,Se) thin films are primarily determined by the chemical substitution of anions, and the lattice mismatch only plays a secondary role.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1208.3287

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