Gabriele De Luca

Orientation-Dependent Domain Structure and Buffer Layer Functionality of Epitaxial Bixbyite Sc2O3 Thin Films

Abstract We report the epitaxial growth of high-quality bixbyite-structured Sc2O3 thin films on differently oriented Yttria-stabilized Zirconia (YSZ) substrates by radio-frequency magnetron sputtering. Films grown along the ⟨111⟩ orientation exhibit atomically flat surfaces, full...