Abstract

We measure the thermal conductivities of nano-grained strontium titanate (ng-SrTiO3) films deposited on sapphire substrates via time-domain thermoreflectance. The 170 nm thick oxide films of varying grain-size were prepared from a chemical solution deposition process. We find that the thermal conductivity of ng-SrTiO3 decreases with decreasing average grain size and attribute this to increased phonon scattering at grain boundaries. Our data are well described by a model that accounts for the spectral nature of anharmonic Umklapp scattering along with grain boundary scattering and scattering due to the film thickness.

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