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© 2015 American Chemical Society. The epitaxial growth of Ce0.9Zr0.1O2-y (CZO) thin-films on yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) (001) single crystal and YSZ (001)/stainless steel (YSZ/SS) technological substrates is investigated by pulsed laser irradiation of solution-derived cerium-zirconium precursor layers using a UV Nd:YAG laser source at atmospheric conditions. The influence of laser processing parameters on the morphological and structural properties of the obtained films is studied by atomic force and transmission electron microscopies, as well as X-ray diffractometry. The analyses performed demonstrate that laser treatments enable the epitaxial growth of tens of nanometers thick CZO films with a crystallization kinetic process several orders of magnitude faster than that of conventional thermal annealing. Fully epitaxial films are attained using stainless steel (SS) flexible tapes as a substrate. Even though photochemical mechanisms are not fully discarded, it is concluded that photothermal processes are the main contribution responsible for the fast epitaxial crystallization.This work was financed by the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness under the projects MAT2011-28874-C02-01, MAT2014-51778-C2-1-R and Consolider Nanoselect CSD2007-00041, by Generalitat de Catalunya (2009 SGR 770, 2014 SGR 753 and Xarmae) and by the Spanish National Research Council under the Contract No. 200960I015. AQ and MdlM are also grateful for JAE-Predoc fellowship and European Social Fund program. We acknowledge Bruker Corporation for the supply of the technical substrates through the NMP3-LA-2012-280432 project.Peer Reviewe

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Ultrafast Crystallization of Ce0.9Zr0.1O2–y Epitaxial Films on Flexible Technical Substrates by Pulsed Laser Irradiation of Chemical Solution Derived Precursor Layers