Ferroelectric Lead Zirconate Titanate Nanocomposites for Thick-Film Applications

1996 ◽  
Vol 457 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kui Yao ◽  
Weiguang Zhu ◽  
Xi Yao

ABSTRACTIn this paper, we report our experimental results of lead zirconate titanate (PZT) thick-films prepared from the sol-gel derived nanocomposites. Transparent Pb-Zr-Ti-B-Si gels were synthesized from various metal organic precursors. PZT grains with the size of one hundred nanometers were homogeneously grown from the gels in the annealing process. Then PZT thick-films were prepared using the gel-derived glass-ceramic powders with average particle size below 300 nm. Surficial morphology, dielectric and ferroelectric properties of the films were studied. The characteristics of such films are attributed to the nano-sized composite structure of the gel-derived PZT glass-ceramic precursors.

Author(s):  
D. R. Tallant ◽  
R. W. Schwartz ◽  
B. A. Tuttle ◽  
S. C. Everist ◽  
B. C. Tafoya

Certain compositions and structural forms of lead zirconate titanate (PZT) materials have potential applications in microelectronics because of their ferroelectric properties. One such application is in the development of new types of non-volatile memories. PZT films are integrated into microcircuit components using sol-gel deposition techniques. The solution chemistry effects attendant to different sol-gel preparation procedures have been investigated by several researchers.We have used Raman spectroscopy both to characterize the metallo-organic species initially laid down on macroscopic platinum substrates during sol-gel processing and to follow the evolution of Pb-Zr-Ti oxide species through high temperature processing. The high temperature processing removes residual organics and creates Pb-Zr-Ti oxide structures that have ferroelectric properties. Low temperature pyrochlore structures, which are not ferroelectric, can be distinguished by Raman spectroscopy from tetragonal and pseudo-cubic/rhombohedral perovskite structures, which are usefully ferroelectric (Top Figure). In addition Raman spectroscopy has identified lead and titanium oxides that form as intermediates in the high temperature crystallization of ferroelectric PZT structures.


2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (5) ◽  
pp. 400-404 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. A. Kiselev ◽  
M. V. Silibin ◽  
A. A. Dronov ◽  
S. A. Gavrilov ◽  
V. M. Roshchin ◽  
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