Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-02T20:36:45Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 5302.pdf: 3050627 bytes, checksum: d14aad95482698e7d39d217f3b9d0922 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-11-22 / Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos / In this study, in the first step, Indium tin oxide nanoparticles were synthesized via a non-aqueous route involving the solvothermal treatment of indium (III) acetylacetonate and tin (IV) chloride in polyethylene glycol Mw=1000. The use of microwave heating reduced the reaction time considerably when compared to traditional heating methods. An analysis by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) revealed particles of relatively uniform sizes and shapes. The high crystallinity of the material was observed by high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM). The nanocristal size founded by count was 5,1nm. A powder X-ray diffraction analysis indicated that all the materials were crystalline. Infrared spectra confirmed the presence of organic material on the nanoparticle surface. By thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) determined that 11.3% of the total mass corresponds to the polymer. Resistivity values below 10-1 Ω.cm were obtained in thin films and pellets, and semiconductor behavior. In the second step, a model to control the covered area of graphene oxide (GO) sheets by ITO nanoparticles was proposed. The method used was add graphene oxide at the synthetic route to obtain pure ITO. The composites were characterized by XRD, FT-IR, TGA and TEM. XRD results for the synthesized materials confirmed the diffraction patterns of ITO in the different composites synthesized. Through the analysis of FT-IR was possible confirm the presence of the polymer formed on the surface of the oxide nanoparticle and functional groups of graphene oxide sheets. The polymer attached on the oxide surface is responsible for the strong interaction between the ITO and graphen oxide sheets. TEM images for the samples with different cover percentage showed the controller achieved with the synthesis proposed. The composite with 100 or 10% of metal oxides covering the sheets surface did not show the presence of nanocrystals out sheets. The percent value of the covered area obtained of 15% founded by image J analisys is near to the calculated value. From this value we can say that the model works well to control the covered area of GO by nanocristals. The electrical resistivity values found are comparable to the pure ITO, however, with a smaller amount of ITO. / Neste estudo, na primeira etapa, nanopartículas de óxido de índio dopado com estanho foram sintetizadas por uma rota não aquosa envolvendo o tratamento solvotermal de acetilacetonato de índio (III) e cloreto de estanho (IV) em polietilenoglicol de massa molecular 1000. O uso de aquecimento auxiliado por microondas reduziu o tempo de reação quando comparado aos métodos tradicionais de aquecimento. A análise por microscopia eletrônica de transmissão (TEM) mostrou partículas com tamanho e forma relativamente uniformes. A alta cristalinidade do material foi observada por microscopia eletrônica de alta resolução (HRTEM). O tamanho dos nanocristais obtidos por contagem foi de 5,1 nm. A análise de difração de Raios-X (DRX) indicou a cristalinidade do material. O espectro de infravermelho (FT-IR) confirmou a presença do material orgânico na superfície das nanopartículas. Pela análise termogravimétrica (TGA) determinou que 11,3% da massa total corresponde ao polímero. Resistividade abaixo de 10-1 Ω.cm foi obtido no filme e na pastilha, com comportamento semicondutor do óxido. Na segunda etapa, um modelo de controlar a área das folhas de óxido de grafeno (OG) coberta por nanocristais foi proposto. O método usado foi adicionar óxido de grafeno à rota de síntese do ITO puro. Os compósitos foram caracterizados por DRX, FT-IR, TGA e TEM. Os resultados de difração de Raios-X confirmaram o padrão de difração do ITO nos diferentes compósitos. Pela análise de FT-IR foi possível confirmar a presença do polímero na superfície das nanoparticulas e os grupos funcionais das folhas de óxido de grafeno. O polímero ligado na superfície do óxido e responsável pela forte interação entre o ITO e as folhas de óxido de grafeno. As imagens de TEM para as amostras com porcentagens de cobertura diferente mostraram o controle alcançado com o método de síntese proposto. Os compósitos com 100% e 10% de óxido metálico cobrindo a superfície das folhas mostraram que não ocorreu a formação de nanopartículas fora das folhas. O valor de 15 % de porcentagem de área coberta obtido é próximo ao valor calculado. A partir deste valor, pode-se dizer que o modelo funciona bem para controlar a área de OG coberta por nanocristais. Os valores de resistividade elétrica encontrados são comparáveis ao ITO puro, no entanto, com uma quantidade menor de ITO.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-02T20:15:21Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 3005.pdf: 10668736 bytes, checksum: 8ec8cb21968edc4feb09cb7616b0e9b2 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-05-07 / Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais / The structural and transport features of oxide nanostructures synthesized by a vapour phase aproach: the VLS and VS methods were investigated in this work. ITO and In2O3 nanowires were characterized by using XRD, HRTEM and FEG-SEM techniques. Both nanostructures were found to be body-centered cubic (bixbyite, point group Ia3) single crystals with a well defined growth direction. Raman spectroscopy was used in order to study the nanowires composition, crystalline character and the role of tin atoms in the In2O3 lattice (ITO) was studied as well. The influence of the structural disorder induced by doping was pointed as the main cause of the break of the selection rules in ITO and it was promptly recognized in the Raman spectrum. The metallic character observed in In2O3 micrometric wires was assigned to the electron-phonon scattering in agreement with the Bloch-Grüneisen theory. ITO samples with different sizes were analysed in the framework of the Bloch-Grüneisen theory and at high temperatures (T > 77 K) they were found to present a typical metallic character. It was observed at low temperatures (T < 77 K) and in small samples a negative temperature coefficient of resistance which is an evidence that quantum interference processes are present. A weak localized character was found in these samples as detected in magnetoresistance measurements. The electron s phase break was associated to the electronelectron scattering (T < 77 K) and the electron-phonon scattering (T > 77 K). The transport measurements in one-nanowire based FET provided data on the electron s mobility and density. Tin oxide nanobelts were also studied and their structural and electrical characterizations were obtained. In this case the association of several structural measurements provided that the samples are rutile-like single crystals (point group P42/mnm) grown by the VS mechanism. The transport measurements provided data on the nanobelts gap energy (3.8 eV) and on the transport mechanisms acting in different temperature ranges. An activated-like process and the variable range hopping were found to be present in different temperature range and additionally the localization length was determined. The influence of additional levels inside the gap caused by oxygen vacancies was studied by performing light and atmosphere-dependent experiments and as a result a photo-activated character was detected. Thermally stimulated current measurements provided evidence that only one level associated to the oxygen vacancies at 1.8 eV seems to contribute to the transport in SnO2 nanobelts. Triclinic single crystalline nanobelts were identified as the Sn3O4 phase and were analyzed by transport measurements. The samples were wide band gap semiconductors and the role of oxygen vacancies was identified by using PL and PC measurements. The semiconductor behavior was confirmed by the electron transport data, which pointed to the variable range hopping process as the main conduction mechanism (55 K < T < 398 K) and data on localization length and on the hopping distance were obtained. The presence of additional levels due to oxygen vacancies and tin interstitials was recognized in the samples by performing photo-activated and thermally stimulated current measurements. / Neste trabalho foram investigadas características estruturais e de transporte eletrônico em nanoestruturas óxidas sintetizadas por métodos baseados em fase de vapor: os métodos VLS e VS. Amostras de In2O3 e ITO foram caracterizadas quanto às suas características estruturais usando-se técnicas experimentais como XRD, HRTEM e FEG-SEM e comprovou-se que são monocristais cúbicos de corpo centrado (bixbyite) pertencentes ao grupo puntual Ia3 com direção preferencial de crescimento bem definida. A espectroscopia Raman foi utilizada como ferramenta fundamental para o estudo da composição destes materiais, confirmando a fase, o caráter monocristalino bem como a presença de dopantes na estrutura do In2O3 como no caso do ITO. Estudou-se ainda a influência da desordem estrutural causada pela dopagem nas estruturas já que esta se reflete diretamente em uma quebra na regra de seleção do material e portanto, no espectro Raman. O estudo dos mecanismos de transporte eletrônico em microfios de In2O3 mostrou uma característica essencialmente metálica nestes materiais, comprovada pela identificação do espalhamento elétron-fônon (teoria de Bloch-Grüneisen) como a principal fonte de espalhamento. Amostras de ITO com diferentes tamanhos também foram estudadas e observou-se, acima de 77 K, o aumento da resistência com o aumento da temperatura também caracterizado pela interação elétron-fônon. A observação de um coeficiente negativo de temperatura da resistência observado na amostra nanométrica e em baixas temperaturas aponta para a presença de processos quânticos de interferência originados principalmente da redução da dimensionalidade da amostra. De fato, a aplicação de um campo magnético mostrou a supressão desse comportamento em função da temperatura, comprovando assim que a chamada localização fraca encontra-se presente no nanofio de ITO. Nesse caso, a destruição da fase do elétron foi associada ao espalhamento elétron-elétron (T < 77 K) e ao espalhamento elétron-fônon (T > 77 K). O uso das referidas amostras como transistores de efeito de campo permitiu ainda a obtenção de parâmetros importantes como a mobilidade e a densidade de portadores nas amostras. Nanofitas de SnO2 também foram estudadas e suas propriedades estruturais e de transporte eletrônico foram obtidas. Nesse caso encontrou-se através de técnicas de medida variadas que as amostras são monocristais com estrutura do tipo rutila (grupo puntual P42/mnm) sintetizadas pelo método VS. Diferentes experimentos de transporte eletrônico permitiram a determinação do gap de energia deste material em 3.8 eV e ainda permitiram identificar a presença de diferentes mecanismos de transporte atuando em intervalos de temperatura bem determinados. De fato observou-se a transição de um comportamento de ativação térmica para um comportamento localizado e também ativado por fônons, o hopping donde se determinou o comprimento de localização eletrônico. A presença de níveis adicionais ao gap de energia foi estudada através de experimentos feitos em diferentes atmosferas e sob ação de luz ultravioleta visando explorar o caráter foto-ativado detectado nas amostras. Foi observado de medidas termicamente estimuladas a emissão termiônica de portadores através dos contatos elétricos o que indica que o único nível que parece contribuir com portadores livres nas nanofitas de SnO2 é aquele detectado em 1.8 eV. Amostras monocristalinas com estrutura triclínica, com morfologia de fita e cuja fase foi identificada como sendo Sn3O4 foram também investigadas. A presença de vacâncias de oxigênio e de um gap largo de energia foram observadas através de experimentos de PL e PC. O hopping foi identificado em um grande intervalo de temperaturas (55 K < T < 398 K) como o principal mecanismo de transporte eletrônico observado nas amostras o que comprova a presença de localização e também indica que as amostras se comportam como um semicondutor. Adicionalmente, parâmetros como o comprimento de localização e a distância de pulo dos elétrons foram calculadas. A presença de vacâncias de oxigênio nestas amostras foi ainda estudada através de medidas foto-ativadas pela luz ultravioleta e em diferentes atmosferas de medida, e também por experimentos de TSC donde obteve-se evidências adicionais sobre a presença de outras fontes de elétrons livres como vacâncias superficiais ou interstícios de estanho, contribuindo para o transporte nestas amostras.

Ce travail de thèse porte sur la modélisation, la fabrication et la caractérisation de Lasers à Cavité Verticale Emettant par la Surface (VCSEL) de grandes dimensions pour la manipulation de solitons de cavité, pour lesquels ces lasers permettraient une manipulation électrique plus souple de ces ondes stationnaires. Pour cela, il est nécessaire de disposer de structures à large zone d'émission uniforme (~100µm). Or, l'injection par électrode annulaire dans les VCSEL émettant par la surface entraîne une inhomogénéité rédhibitoire. Cette étude vise donc à proposer et évaluer des solutions technologiques innovantes pour atteindre une uniformité optimale dans ces dispositifs. Après une introduction dressant un état de l'art des solutions rapportées dans la littérature, nous présentons les travaux que nous avons menés sur la modélisation électrique des lasers pour évaluer les approches génériques de complexité croissante suivantes : l'ajout d'une couche d'étalement du courant en surface (électrode transparente en ITO) ; l'association de cette dernière à une barrière de potentiel (diode Zener) et la discrétisation de l'injection par création de zones localisées de conduction. L'optimisation des électrodes en ITO déposées sur GaAs, l'évaluation de l'apport d'une diode Zener ainsi que la mesure du contraste d'injection obtenu par gravure localisée en surface du composant sont ensuite détaillées. Suite à cette mise au point technologique, l'insertion des solutions que nous avons finalement retenues (gravures localisées et ITO) pour la réalisation de VCSEL est ensuite décrite. Enfin, les caractérisations électro-optiques des composants réalisés sont présentées; elles ont déjà permis d'obtenir des dispositifs de forme allongée émettant 50mW en continu à l'ambiante. Ces premiers résultats prometteurs ont cependant mis en évidence la nécessité d'améliorer encore les propriétés de l'interface ITO/GaAs. Ces solutions pourront alors être mises à profit pour l'application visée mai s également pour la génération de puissance ou encore la réalisation de VCSEL à cavité externe (VECSEL).

Vanadium oxides are being used as the thermal sensing layer because of their applications in infrared detectors. They have high temperature coefficient of resistance, favorable electrical resistance and compatibility with the MEMS technology. Of all oxides of vanadium, only vanadium dioxide (VO2)has been highly investigated as it shows first order transition (semiconducting to metal transition-SMT)at 68 oC. First order transition is understood as the sharp change in the electrical resistance. The change in resistivity in this case is of the order of 105 over a temperature change of 0.1 oC at 68 oC in a single crystal. Doping vanadium oxides with elements like Mo and W reduce the transition temperature. This is very important for room temperature electrical and optical detection. Though most of the research groups subscribe to PLD, cost-effective methods with large area deposition are major focus of this research. Hence for synthesizing VO2 in bulk and thin films, Solution Combustion Synthesis (SCS), Ultrasonic Nebulized Spray Pyrolysis of Aqueous Combustion Mixture (UNSPACM) Chemical vapour deposition (CVD)and microwave are explored. Synthesis of doped VO2 films in CVD has not been done extensively to yield optical quality thin films. Chapter I surveys the use of phase transition in oxides system for a variety of practical applications. In particular, Vanadium dioxide (VO2) is chosen as it is found to be very useful for infrared and metamaterials based applications. VO2 is known for its first-order semiconducting to metallic transition (SMT). This chapter attempts to explain the influence of processing, doping, annealing, etc on the SMT characteristics. Important aspects such as the idea of hysteresis in VO2 and similarity to martensitic transformation are discussed. The scope and objectives of the thesis are discussed here. Chapter II explains in detail the materials and methods used to synthesize VO2 both in bulk and in thin lm form and methods used to study their characteristics. Brief description on the principle and the working of the home-built experimental set up needed for this study is elicited. In chapter III, attempts were made to understand the phase stability of VO2 and the evolution of crystal structures during the phase transition. VO2 crystallizes in P21/c space group at room temperatures with lattice parameters a=5.752 Ab=4.526 Ac=5.382 Aα=90 β=122.60 γ=90 . Precise control of synthesis parameters is required in stabilizing pure phase in bulk as well as thin lm form. This study focuses on the novel large scale two step synthesis of VO2 using Solution Combustion Synthesis. This involves synthesis of product utilizing redox reaction between metal nitrate and suitable fuel. Generally the products are nanocrystalline in nature due to self-propagation of the exothermic combustion reaction. First step involved the synthesis of V2O5 by combustion reaction between Vanadyl nitrate and urea. In the second step, the as-synthesized V2O5 has been reduced by a novel reduction technique to form monophasic VO2. The presence of competing phases like M1, M2, M3 and R are investigated by XRD, Raman spectroscopy, DSC, Optical and high temperature X-ray diffraction. Chapter IV deals with the reduction in phase transition temperature by doping the SCS synthesized VO2 with W and Mo. Effect of doping on the transition temperature was studied using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) in both W and Mo. Electrical characteristics of Mo doped VO2 and Optical characteristics of the W-doped VO2 were also studied using four probe resistivity measurements and UV-VIS Spectroscopy respectively. W addition was found to be more effective in reducing the phase transition temperature. To understand further more on the W addition, X-ray photo-electron spectroscopy measurements were performed. W-addition alters the V4+-V4+ bonding and with W addition it is observed that V was present in V3+state. W was present in W6+ state. The addition of W to VO2 introduces more electrons to the systems and disturbs the V4+-V4+ thus reducing the phase transition temperature of VO2. Chapter V describes the large scale, large area deposition of thin films of VO2 by a cost effective method. A novel technique to deposit vanadium dioxide thin films namely, UNSPACM is developed. This simple two-step process involves synthesis of a V2O5 lm on an LaAlO3(LAO) substrate followed by a controlled reduction to form single phase VO2. The formation of M1 phase (P21/c) is confirmed by Raman spectroscopic studies. A thermally activated metal{insulator transition (MIT) was observed at 61 oC, where the resistivity changes by four orders of magnitude. The infrared spectra also show a dramatic change in reflectance from 13% to over 90% in the wavelength range of 7-15 m. This indicates the suitability of the films for optical switching applications at infrared frequencies. A trilayer metamaterial absorber, composed of a metal structure/dielectric spacer/vanadium dioxide (VO2) ground plane, is shown to switch reversibly between reflective and absorptive states as a function of temperature. The VO2 lm, which changes its conductivity by four orders of magnitude across an insulator{metal transition, enables the switching by forming a resonant absorptive structure at high temperatures while being inactive at low temperatures. The fabricated metamaterial shows a modulation of the reflectivity levels of 58% at a frequency of 22.5 THz and 57% at a frequency of 34.5 THz. Chapter VI explains the W doped VO2 thin films synthesized by UN-SPACM. Morphology of the thin films was found to be consisting of globular and porous nanoparticles having size 20 nm. Transition temperature decreased with the addition of W. 1.8 at. %W doping in VO2 transition temperature has reduced upto 25 oC. It is noted that W-doping in the pro-cess of reducing the transition temperature, alters the local structure and also increases room temperature carrier concentration. The presence of W, as was seen in Chapter IV, altered V4+-V4+ bonds and introduced V3+. W was found to be in W6+ state suggesting W addition increased the carrier concentration. Hall Effect measurements suggested the increased carrier con-centration. The roughness of the synthesized films were very high for them to be of de-vice quality, despite encouraging results obtained by electrical measurements. Hence in order to further improve the smoothness and thereby the optical quality of thin films, Chemical Vapour Deposition (CVD) is employed. Chapter VII outlines the effect of processing parameters and post pro-cessing annealing on the semiconductor-metallic transition of VO2. Here in this chapter, the influence of substrate temperature on the SMT properties of VO2 is explored. At different substrate temperatures, the percentage of phase fraction of V in V3+, 4+ and V5+ differed. Besides, the morphology also varied with substrate temperatures. Similarly it is observed that with annealing the VO2 film deposited on glass substrates, SMT properties enhanced which was attributed to filling out of oxygen vacancies. Si based substrates and non-Si based substrates were used for depositing VO2 thin films by CVD. Their temperature coefficient of resistance and SMT properties were studied in order to understand their potential in bolometer and thermal to optical valve based applications. Chapter VIII involves the study of VO2 thin films for thermal to optical valves. ITO coated glass substrates were used for the purpose. Thin films were deposited by both UNSPACM and CVD. It was observed that the reflectivity pro les of the films synthesized by the above said methods were very different. Hence in the process of understanding the huge difference in the reflectivity pro les, classical harmonic oscillator, Lorentzian model was employed to t the experimental data at room temperature whereas Drude-Lorentzian model was used to t the data at higher temperature (at 100 oC- after transition). With this fitting plasma frequencies of the CVD films were calculated. It was observed that defect chemistry of films synthesized by these methods were different. In order to further improve the smoothness of the films, microwave method was proposed in Chapter IX. The preliminary results showed the presence of uniform spheres and 3 D hierarchical structures of VO2 consisting of nanorods. This was extended to deposit VO2 thin films on ITO. DSC and Infrared reflectance pro le of VO2 nanopowder suggested the phase transition. Chapter X summarizes the work done for the thesis and provides insights to the applications and to the future work. The work reported in this thesis has been carried out by the candidate as part of the Ph.D.program. She hopes that this would constitute a worth-while contribution towards development of VO2 thin film technology and its challenges for reliable infrared device applications.