Structures and tunability of Ba0.5Sr0.5TiO 3/Bi1.5Zn1.0Nb1.5O7 multilayer thin films grown on Pt/Al2O3 substrates

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Abstract

Ba0.5Sr0.5TiO3 (BST) /Bi1.5Zn1.0Nb1.5O7 (BZN) multilayer thin films have been prepared on Pt/Al2O3 substrates by a sol-gel method. The multilayer thin films were deposited alternatively by spin coating technique and crystallized by rapid thermal annealing. The structures and morphologies of BST/BZN multilayer thin films were analyzed by XRD and FESEM. The XRD results showed that the perovskite BST phase and the cubic pyrochlore BZN phase can be observed respectively in the multilayer thin films annealed at 700-800°C. The morphology of BST/BZN multilayer films shows that the films are crack-free and have distinct interfaces. The BST/BZN multilayer thin films annealed at 750°C exhibit a moderate dielectric constant around 69, a low loss tangent of 0.007, and a relative tunability of 21% at bias field of 450 kV/cm at 10kHz.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)98-105
Number of pages8
JournalFerroelectrics
Volume384
Issue number1 PART 5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009
Event6th Asian Meeting on Ferroelectrics, AMF-6 - Taipei, Taiwan, Province of China
Duration: 2 Aug 20086 Aug 2008

Keywords

  • Dielectrics
  • Sol-gel process
  • Thin films
  • Tunability

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