Research Letter

Nucleation and Growth of Crystalline Grains in RF-Sputtered TiO2 Films

Table 1

Parameters for the crystallization at 2 5 0 โˆ˜ C ofโ€‰ TiO2 thin film: crystallization time ๐‘ก ๐‘ ; nucleation rate ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘› ; grain growth velocity ๐‘  ๐‘” ; final average grain size ๐‘‘ ๐‘” ( โˆž ) .

ParameterValueUnits

๐‘ก ๐‘ 1 2 0 ยฑ 4 s
๐‘Ÿ ๐‘› ( 1 . 3 1 ยฑ 0 . 1 1 ) ร— 1 0 โˆ’ 9 1/( s โ‹… n m 3 )
๐‘  ๐‘” 2 . 0 3 ยฑ 0 . 0 9 nm/s
๐‘‘ ๐‘” ( โˆž ) 3 0 0 ยฑ 1 0 nm