Enhanced dielectric properties of (Ba,Sr)TiO3//Ba(Zr,Ti)O 3 heterostructures with optimized structure design

  • Ming Liu
  • , Jian Liu
  • , Chunrui Ma
  • , Gregory Collins
  • , Chonglin Chen
  • , Andy D. Alemayehu
  • , Guru Subramanyam
  • , Jie He
  • , Jiechao Jiang
  • , Efstathios I. Meletis
  • , Amar Bhalla

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Abstract

Environment-friendly ferroelectric Mn:BST//Mn:BZT heterostructures were epitaxially deposited on (001) MgO substrates by pulsed laser deposition with different combination ratios of Mn:BST over Mn:BZT, 2.5:7.5; 1:1; and 7.5:2.5. The microstructural studies indicate that the in-plane interface relationships between the heterostructures and the substrate are determined to be (001) Mn:BST//(001)Mn:BZT//(001)MgO and [100] Mn:BST//[100]Mn:BZT//[100]MgO. The K u band microwave (15.5-18 GHz) dielectric property characterizations show that the dielectric constant, dielectric loss, and tunabilities of the heterostructures are highly dependent upon the sequences of Mn:BST to Mn:BZT. The optimized dielectric tunability with a low loss tangent was found to be 58.1%-74.4% under the combination ratio of 1:1 for Mn:BST to Mn:BZT, which suggests that the as-grown ferroelectric heterostructures can be developed for room temperature tunable microwave elements and related device applications.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)6641-6644
Number of pages4
JournalCrystEngComm
Volume15
Issue number34
DOIs
StatePublished - 14 Sep 2013

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