Abstract
We attempted to modify the monoclinic–rutile structural phase transition temperature (Ttr) of a VO2 thin film in situ through stress caused by amorphous–crystalline phase change of a chalcogenide layer on it. VO2 films on C-or R-plane Al2 O3 substrates were capped by Ge2 Sb2 Te5 (GST) films by means of rf magnetron sputtering. Ttr of the VO2 layer was evaluated through temperature-controlled measurements of optical reflection intensity and electrical resistance. Crystallization of the GST capping layer was accompanied by a significant drop in Ttr of the VO2 layer underneath, either with or without a SiNx diffusion barrier layer between the two. The shift of Ttr was by ~30◦ C for a GST/VO2 bilayered sample with thicknesses of 200/30 nm, and was by ~6◦ C for a GST/SiNx /VO2 trilayered sample of 200/10/6 nm. The lowering of Ttr was most probably caused by the volume reduction in GST during the amorphous–crystalline phase change. The stress-induced in in situ modification of Ttr in VO2 films could pave the way for the application of nonvolatile changes of optical properties in optoelectronic devices.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 5541 |
Pages (from-to) | 1-11 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Materials |
Volume | 13 |
Issue number | 23 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2020 Dec |
Keywords
- Chalcogenide
- Insulator-metal phase transition
- Phase change material
- Strain engineering
- Vanadium oxide
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Materials Science(all)