U. Hasenkox et al., A NOVEL PROPIONATE-BASED CHEMICAL SOLUTION DEPOSITION METHOD OF LA1-X(CA, SR)(X)MNO3 THIN-FILMS FOR MICROELECTRONICS APPLICATIONS, Integrated ferroelectrics, 18(1-4), 1997, pp. 339-350
Ceramic thin films of magnetoresistive La1-x(Ca,Sr)(x)MnO3 thin films
with different stoichiometries were deposited onto different substrate
s by a novel chemical solution deposition method based entirely on met
al propionates. The microstructure and crystallization temperature of
the thin films were found to depend on thin film stoichiometry. Crysta
llization of the perovskite phase could be achieved at low temperature
s of 650 degrees C. Thin films display a ferromagnetic behaviour with
sharp Curie temperatures T-C. For thin films with identical compositio
ns but different substrates large differences in the electrical proper
ties were observed.