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Effect of composition on the physical properties at nanoscale of PZT thin films

  • E. C. Lima
  • , E. B. Araújo*
  • , I. K. Bdikin
  • , A. L. Kholkin
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Universidade Federal do Tocantins
  • Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho
  • University of Aveiro

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Abstract

PbZr1?xTixO3 (PZT) thin films (x = 0.46, 0.47, 0.48, 0.49, and 0.50) were deposited on Pt/TiO2/SiO 2/Si substrates using a polymeric chemical method to study the effects of the composition on the macroscopic electrical and local piezoelectric properties. Both measurements demonstrate the existence of a self-polarization effect in all studied PZT films. The measurements were discussed in terms of the contribution of the Schottky barriers to the self-polarization effect. It is shown that both Schottky barrier effect and mechanical coupling near the film-substrate interface are not the dominant mechanisms responsible for the observed phenomena.. © 2014

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)106-114
Number of pages9
JournalFerroelectrics
Volume465
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 11 Jun 2014
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Piezoelectric
  • piezoresponse
  • self-polarization

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