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X-ray Scattering Study of Thermally-Induced Amorphous-to-Crystalline Transition for In-X-O Films

Schematic of GIWAXS measurement.

Schematic of GIWAXS measurement.
 

Crystallization temperatures of In-X-O thin films

Crystallization temperatures of In-X-O thin films
 

Amorphous metal oxides (AMOs) have been a potential key channel-layer material in the fabrication of thin film transistors for future electronic applications. This work particularly focuses on the thermal stability of In2O3 based thin films. Hence, a series of In-X-O thin films has been deposited by pulsed laser deposition (PLD). “X” (Sn, Zn, and Ga) is the doping element to In2O3, and each dopant has four atomic percentage: 5%, 10%, 20% and 30%. In situ grazing incidence wide angle X-ray scattering (GIWAXS) technique and level-set simulation have been employed to characterize and model their amorphous to crystalline transition.