Fabrication and Phase-Transition Characteristic Investigation of Nanocrystalline VO2 Thin Film

Article Preview

Abstract:

In this paper, nanocrystalline VO2 thin film is fabricated by a kind method of two steps and its phase transition characteristics are investigated. The two-step method contains low-temperature reactive ion sputtering and post-annealing, and its process parameters determine the phase transition properties of fabricated VO2 thin film. With optimized process parameters, VO2 thin film with nanocrystalline structure can be successfully fabricated and has excellent phase transition performance for smart glass and optical switch.

You might also be interested in these eBooks

Info:

Periodical:

Key Engineering Materials (Volumes 609-610)

Pages:

260-265

Citation:

Online since:

April 2014

Export:

Price:

Permissions CCC:

Permissions PLS:

Сopyright:

© 2014 Trans Tech Publications Ltd. All Rights Reserved

Share:

Citation:

* - Corresponding Author

[1] F.J. Morin, Oxides which show a metal-to-insulator transition at the Neel temperature, Phys. Rev. Lett. 3(1959) 34-36.

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.3.34

Google Scholar

[2] S. Chen, H. Ma, X. Yi, et al, Optical switch based on vanadium dioxide thin films, Infrared Physics & Technology, 45(2004) 239-242.

DOI: 10.1016/j.infrared.2003.11.005

Google Scholar

[3] F. Guinneton, J.C. Valmalette and J.R. Gavarri, Nanocrystalline vanadium dioxide: synthesis and mid-infrared properties, Optical Materials, 15(2000) 111-114.

DOI: 10.1016/s0925-3467(00)00023-9

Google Scholar

[4] R. Lopez, L.A. Boatner, T.E. Haynes, et al, Enhanced hysteresis in the semiconductor-to-metal phase transition of VO2 precipitates formed in SiO2 by ion implantation, Applied Physics Letters, 79(2001) 3161-3163.

DOI: 10.1063/1.1415768

Google Scholar

[5] R. Lopez, L.A. Boatner, T.E. Haynes, et al, Synthesis and characterization of size-controlled vanadium dioxide nanocrystals in a fused silica matrix, Journal of Applied Physics, 92(2002) 4031-4036.

DOI: 10.1063/1.1503391

Google Scholar

[6] R. Lopez, L.C. Feldman and R.F. Haglund Jr, Size-dependent optical properties of VO2 nanoparticle arrays, Physical Review Letters, 93(2004) 177403-1-177403-4.

Google Scholar

[7] J. Xu, Y. Long, K. Xie, et al. Preparation of vanadium oxides thin films with nanostructure by sol-gel method, Journal of national university of defense technology, 25(2005) 35-38.

Google Scholar

[8] X. Chen, Q. Lv and X. Yi. Smart window coating based on nanostructured VO2 thin film, Optik -International Journal for Light and Electron Optics, 123(2012) 1187-1189.

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijleo.2011.07.048

Google Scholar