title: Interaction of gold nanoparticles in barium titanate thin films.
abstract: A novel approach to control the grain size of oxide thin film materials has been investigated. Perovskite BaTiO(3) shows interesting grain structures when deposited on gold predeposited, (111)-oriented, single-crystal SrTiO(3) substrates. Solid oxide films grow epitaxially on patterned seed layers and show variations in grain size relative to the films deposited on SrTiO(3) directly.
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA. yaodongy@vt.edu
authors.forename: Yaodong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Jianjun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.forename: Yu U
authors.initials: YU
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jiefang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Jaydip
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Das
authors.forename: Dwight
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Viehland