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Dielectric and microstructural properties of barium titanate zirconate thin films on copper substrates

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2011

J.F. Ihlefeld ,
J-P. Maria  and
W. Borland
J.F. Ihlefeld*
Affiliation:
North Carolina State University, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695
J-P. Maria
Affiliation:
North Carolina State University, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695
W. Borland
Affiliation:
DuPont Electronic Technologies, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709
*
a)Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: jfihlefe@unity.ncsu.edu
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Abstract

Barium titanate zirconate, Ba(Ti1−xZrx)O3 (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.25), thin films were deposited via the chemical solution deposition (CSD) method directly on copper foils. The films were processed in a reductive atmosphere containing nitrogen, water vapor, and hydrogen gas at 900 °C to preserve the metallic copper substrate during crystallization. Increasing the fraction of BaZrO3 revealed several effects, including an increase in unit cell dimensions, a decrease in both the temperature and value of the maximum permittivity, as well as a decrease in the average grain size of the films. The decrease in the relative permittivity was attributed to a grain size effect as opposed to zirconium substitution. In film compositions containing 25 mol% BaZrO3, the permittivity below Tmax became dispersive, and the ferroelectric transitions became increasingly diffuse. These characteristics suggest relaxor-like behavior. The dielectric tunability of Ba(Ti1−xZrx)O3 was studied at room temperature and at Tmax for each composition. There was little variation in the tunability with measurement temperature; however compositions that were ferroelectric at room temperature saw a decrease in hysteresis at Tmax, and all compositions showed an increase in permittivity.

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FerroelectricGrain sizeSol-gel
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 20 , Issue 10 , October 2005 , pp. 2838 - 2844
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2005

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