Effect of buffer layer on [00L] texture and CMR of sputtered La-Ca-Mn-O thin films on silicon substrate

Summary form only given. This study aims at evaluating effect of buffer layer on the texture and CMR of La-Ca-Mn-O film sputtered on Si[100]. The buffer layers chosen are one of thermally grown SiO/sub 2/, or sputtered LaAlO/sub 3/ and/or LaNiO/sub 3/ and/or SiTiO/sub 3/ to replace expensive while less lattice mismatched single crystalline substrates LaAlO/sub 3/, LaNiO/sub 3/, and SrTiO/sub 3/.