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[10p-W631-5] Mechanism of ferroelectric phase reduction in HfO2 due to oxidizing thermal treatment
Keywords:ferroelectricity, phase transition, HfO2
The competition between the ferroelectric phase and the paraelectric (monoclinic) phase during the thermal treatment is investigated in poly-crystalline Ge-doped HfO2 thin films, in order to elucidate the mechanism of ferroelectric phase reduction. The results indicate the ferroelectric phase undergoes a slight lattice deformation by oxidization, and then induces the transition to monoclinic phase at temperature below 600 ℃.