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Processing- and composition-dependent characteristics of chemical solution deposited Bi4−xLaxTi3O12 thin films

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

Di Wu ,
Aidong Li ,
Tao Zhu ,
Zhifeng Li ,
Zhiguo Liu  and
Naiben Ming
Di Wu
Affiliation:
National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
Aidong Li
Affiliation:
National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
Tao Zhu
Affiliation:
National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
Zhifeng Li
Affiliation:
National Laboratory of Infrared Physics, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Shanghai 200083, China
Zhiguo Liu
Affiliation:
National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures and Department of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
Naiben Ming
Affiliation:
National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures and Department of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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Abstract

Thin films of lanthanum substituted bismuth titanate, Bi4−xLaxTi3O12 (BLTx), were prepared by chemical solution deposition. Crystallized BLTx films were obtained by rapid thermal annealing at a temperature as low as 650 °C. Structural and electrical characteristics of crystalline BLTx films were studied as functions of La composition. Structure characterization was conducted by x-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy. The lowest lattice vibration mode around 116 cm−1 showed softening with increasing lanthanum composition. Surface morphology of BLTx films were recorded by scanning electron microscopy. BLTx films have saturated hysteresis loops with remnant polarization of 9.7, 12.3, and 4.5 μC/cm2, respectively, for x = 0.50, 0.75, and 1.00 films. BLT0.75 films showed fatigue-free behavior over 250 kV/cm, 50 kHz cycling, which could be compared with that of SrBi2Ta2O9 thin films. Fatigue resistance decrease at lower cycling field. The field dependence of fatigue property was discussed briefly in terms of competition between domain pinning and field-assisted unpinning.

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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 16 , Issue 5 , May 2001 , pp. 1325 - 1332
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2001

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