Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Can We Trust on the Thermal Analysis of Metal Organic Powders for thin film preparation?

  • Published:
MRS Online Proceedings Library Aims and scope

Abstract

Thermal analysis techniques are routinely applied to characterize the thermal behavior of metal organic precursors used for oxide film preparation. Since the mass of films is very low, researchers do their thermal analyses on powders and consider that the results are representative of films. We will show here that, in general, this assumption is not true. Several examples involving precursors of YBa2Cu3O7-x (Ba and Y trifluoroacetates and Ba propionate) will serve to appreciate that films can behave very differently than powders due to their enhanced heat and mass transport paths. Ultimately, we will demonstrate that, in some cases, relying on powders thermal analysis may lead to erroneous conclusions.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. R.W. Schwartz, T. Schneller, R. Waser, Chemical solution deposition of electronic oxide films, C. R. Chim. 7, 433 (2004).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. J. Farjas, A. Pinyol, Ch. Rath, P. Roura, and E. Bertran, Phys. Stat. Sol. A 203, 1307 (2006).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  3. M-G. Kim, M.G Kanatzidis, A. Facchetti and T.J. Marks, Nature Materials 10, 382 (2011).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  4. P. Roura and J. Farjas, Thermochim. Acta 430, 115 (2005).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  5. H. Eloussifi, J. Farjas, P. Roura, J. Camps, M. Dammak, S. Ricart, T. Puig and X. Obradors, J. Therm. Anal. Calorim. DOI 10.1007/s10973-011-1899-5.

  6. P. Roura, J. Farjas, S. Ricart, M. Aklalouch, R. Guzman, J. Arbiol, T. Puig, A. Calleja, O. Peña-Rodríguez, M. Garriga, and X. Obradors, Thin Solid Films 520, 1949 (2012).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  7. P. Roura, J. Farjas, J. Camps, S. Ricart, J. Arbiol, T. Puig, and X. Obradors, J. Nanopart. Res. 13, 4085 (2011).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  8. X. Obradors, T. Puig, A. Pomar, F. Sandiumenge, N. Mestres, M. Coll, A. Cavallaro, N. Roma, J. Gazquez, J.C. Gonzalez, O. Castano, J. Gutierrez, A. Palau, K. Zalamova, S. Morlens, A. Hassini, M. Gibert, S. Ricart, J.M. Moreto, S. Pinol, D. Isfort and J. Bock, Supercond. Sci. Technol. 19, S13 (2006).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgments

We acknowledge the financial support from MICINN (MAT2011-28874-C02-01 and -02, Consolider Project NANOSELECT: CSD2007-00041) and by the Generalitat de Catalunya (Pla de Recerca 2009SGR-185, 2009-SGR-770 and XaRMAE).

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Physics, University of Girona, Girona, Catalonia, Spain

    Jordi Farjas, Daniel Sanchez-Rodriguez, Hichem Eloussifi, Raul Cruz Hidalgo & Pere Roura

  2. Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona, CSIC, Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain

    Susagna Ricart, Teresa Puig & Xavier Obradors

  3. Faculté des Sciences de Sfax, Laboratoire de Chimie Inorganique, Route de Soukra Km 3.5, BP 1171, 3000, Sfax, Tunisia

    Hichem Eloussifi

  4. Departamento de Física y Matemática Aplicada, Universidad de Navarra, 31080, Pamplona, Spain

    Raul Cruz Hidalgo

Authors
  1. Jordi Farjas
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Daniel Sanchez-Rodriguez
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Hichem Eloussifi
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Raul Cruz Hidalgo
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. Pere Roura
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  6. Susagna Ricart
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  7. Teresa Puig
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  8. Xavier Obradors
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Farjas, J., Sanchez-Rodriguez, D., Eloussifi, H. et al. Can We Trust on the Thermal Analysis of Metal Organic Powders for thin film preparation?. MRS Online Proceedings Library 1449, 13–18 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1557/opl.2012.919

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1557/opl.2012.919

Search

Navigation