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Quantitative chemical analysis of fluorite-to-perovskite transformations in (Pb,La)(Zr,Ti)O3 PLZT thin films

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

Chad M. Parish ,
Geoff L. Brennecka ,
Bruce A. Tuttle  and
Luke N. Brewer
Chad M. Parish*
Affiliation:
Materials Science and Engineering, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185
Geoff L. Brennecka
Affiliation:
Materials Science and Engineering, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185
Bruce A. Tuttle
Affiliation:
Materials Science and Engineering, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185
Luke N. Brewer
Affiliation:
Materials Science and Engineering, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185
*
a)Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: cmparis@sandia.gov
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Abstract

Lead loss during processing of solution-derived Pb(Zr,Ti)O3 (PZT)-based thin-films can result in the formation of a Pb-deficient, nonferroelectric fluorite phase that is detrimental to dielectric properties. It has recently been shown that this nonferroelectric fluorite phase can be converted to the desired perovskite phase by postcrystallization treatment. Here, quantitative standard-based energy-dispersive x-ray spectrometry (EDS) in a scanning transmission electron microscope (STEM) is used to study cation distribution before and after this fluorite-to-perovskite transformation. Single-phase perovskite PbZr0.53Ti0.47O3 (PZT 53/47) and Pb0.88La0.12Zr0.68Ti0.29O3 (PLZT 12/70/30) specimens that underwent this treatment were found to be chemically indistinguishable from the perovskite present in the multiphase specimens prior to the fluorite-to-perovskite transformation. Significant Zr–Ti segregation is found in PLZT 12/70/30, but not in PZT 53/47. Slight La-segregation was seen in rapidly crystallized PLZT, but not in more slowly crystallized PLZT.

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FerroelectricThin filmTransmission electron microscopy (TEM)
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 23 , Issue 11 , November 2008 , pp. 2944 - 2953
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2008

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