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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 February 2011
Highly {100} and {111} oriented Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-PbTiO3 (70/30) films were deposited on Pt(111)-passivated silicon substrates using a modified sol-gel process. In both cases, the degree of preferred orientation did not change with film thickness from 0.56 μm to 1.5 μm. The room temperature dielectric constants for the {100}-oriented films were 2100–2650, while those for the {111} oriented films were 1900–2350. In both cases tan δ was less than 0.03. It was found that the piezoelectric coefficient (d31) of the PMN-PT films increased with increasing film thickness. The d31 coefficient of highly {100} oriented PMN-PT films poled for 5 minutes at 85 kV/cm were found to range from –45 to –86 pC/N assuming a Young's modulus of 35 GPa. Highly {100} oriented PMN-PT films showed larger piezoelectric coefficients than {111} oriented films. Results on aging of the piezoelectric coefficients for the differently oriented films are also presented.