Vanadium pentoxide thin films were prepared by the electron beam evaporatio
n technique onto Coming 7059 glass substrates kept at a temperature of T-s=
423 K. The dielectric properties of Al \ V2O5 \ Al thin film sandwich stru
ctures were studied in the frequency range 0.1-100 kHz and in the temperatu
re range 125-450 K. Both the dielectric constant and the dielectric loss fa
ctor were found to depend on frequency and temperature. The activation ener
gy obtained for the dielectric relaxation process was about 0.36 eV. (C) 19
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