title: Scanning Raman spectroscopy for characterizing compositionally spread films.
abstract: Composition-spread La(1-x)SrxMnO3 thin films were prepared by pulsed laser deposition technique from LaMnO3 and SrMnO3 targets. The films were epitaxial with a continuous variation of the out-of-plane lattice parameter along the direction of composition gradient. Scanning Raman spectroscopy has been employed as a nondestructive tool to characterize the composition-spread films. Raman spectra showed the variation of the structural, Jahn Teller distortions and the presence of coexisting phases at particular compositions that are in agreement with the previous observation on the single-crystal samples. Raman spectra on the continuous composition-spread film also reveal the effect of disorder and strain on the compositions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science, University of Cambridge, Pembroke Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QZ, UK. avm24@cus.cam.ac.uk
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Venimadhav
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Yates
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Blamire
mesh_terms: D013059:Spectrum Analysis, Raman / Q000379:methods*