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Pb(Zr-x, Ti1-x)O-3 (PZT) piezoelectric thin films are of major interest in MEMS technology for their ability to provide electro-mechanical coupling. In this work, the effective transverse piezoelectric coefficient e(31,f) of sol-gel processed films was inv ...
Growth and properties of sputter in situ sputter deposited Pb(Z,Ti)O-3 (PZT) thin films have been studied on (111)-textured Pt electrodes as a function of seed layers of the type (TiO2)(x)(PbO)(y). The PZT process was run with a limited lead excess resulti ...
PZT (PbZrx Ti1-xO3) thin films have been locally grown by means of sol-gel deposition and local annealing on microhotplates. The microhotplates were based on a stress compensated Si3N4 /SiO2 membranes as structural elements and contained tantalum silicide ...
Relaxor Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3(PMN) and its solid solutions with ferroelectric PbTiO3 (PT) are of considerable interest from both the applications and the scientific point of view. In the past, many attempts were made to prepare and study the properties of these ...
This article reviews recent advances in the studies of the piezoelectric properties of perovskite materials. Perovskite compositions are the best known and the largest family of ferroelectric and piezoelectric materials.: The dependence of the longitudinal ...
This work dealt with the establishment of a reproducible and industrially exploitable fabrication technology for piezoelectric MEMS based on PZT thin films. {100}-textured piezoelectric 1-4 μm thick films were found to be the most suited materials for MEMS ...
Pb(Zr,Ti)O-3 (PZT) and Pb(Zr,Ti,Nb)O-3 (PNZT) thin films were grown on platinized silicon substrates by r.f. magnetron sputtering followed by a post-annealing treatment. The Niobium, Nb, concentration varied from 1 to 7 at.% by increment of 1 at.%. The eff ...
Fabrication and characterization of ZnO thin film piezoelectric sensors on a polyimide membrane is presented in this paper. As a test device a differential pressure liquid flow sensor has been fabricated. We discuss new material combinations for the fabric ...
The (1-x)Pb(Sc1/2Nb1/2)O-3-xPbTiO(3)(x=0.4, PSNT(60/40)) thin films near the morphotropic phase boundary(MPB) composition were successfully deposited via sol-gel method. Taking the strict controls of processing factors such as the stable and homogeneous pr ...
The printing of lead zirconate titanate (PZT, Pb(Zr,Ti)O-3) piezoelectric thick films on silicon substrates is being studied for potential use as microactuators, microsensors, and micro.. transducers. A fundamental challenge in the fabrication of useful PZ ...