• Proceedings of the Korean Ceranic Society Conference
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• 2003.10a
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• pp.180.1-180
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• 2003

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2005.07c
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• pp.1829-1831
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• 2005

Ferroelectric $Bi_{3.25}Nd_{0.75}Ti_3O_{12}$(BNdT) thin films were proposed for capacitor of FeRAM. The BNdT thin films were grown on Pt/Ti $SiO_2/P-Si(100)$ substrates by the RF magnetron sputtering deposition. The dielectric properties of the BNdT were investigated by varying post-annealing temperatures. Increasing post-annealing temperature, the (117) peak was increased. An increase of rod type grains of BNdT films with increasing post-annealing temperature was observed by the Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy(FE-SEM). The dielectric constant and dielectric loss of the BNdT thin films with post-annealing temperature of $700^{\circ}C$ were 418 and 0.37, respectively.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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• v.11 no.11
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• pp.947-953
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• 1998

The microwave dielectric properties of X BaO-0.15($Nd_{0.87}Bi_{0.13})_2O_3-(0.85-X)TiO_2 (X=0.14~0.17) and 0.16BaO-0.15(Bi_xNd_{1-x})_2O_3-0.69TiO_2$ (X=0.12~0.15) ceramics sintered at 1320~$1380^{\circ}C$ were investigated. The microwave dielectric properties of X BaO-0.15(Nd_{0.87}Bi_{0.13})_2O_3-(0.85-X)TiO_2$ (X=0.14~0.17) can be controlled effectively by adjusting X content : with increasing X from 0.14 to 0.17 both dielectric constant and temperature coefficient of resonant frequency decreased from 94.6 to 86 and from 22 ppm/^${\circ}C to -7 ppm/^{\circ}C$, respectively, while quality factor increased from 1300 to 1920 (at 4GHz). The microwave dielectric properties of 0.16BaO-0.15(Bi_x/Nd_{1-x2}O_3 -0.69TiO_2$ (X=0.12~0.15) can be controlled effectively by adjusting X content : with increasing X from 0.12 to 0.15 both quality factor and temperature coefficient of resonant frequency decreased from 1920 to 1430 and from 9 ppm/^${\circ}C to -10 ppm/^{\circ}C$, respectively, while dielectric constant increased from 87.5 to 92.6.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2003.05c
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• pp.200-203
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• 2003

Ferroelectric europium-substitution $Bi_4Ti_3O_{12}$ thin films were fabricated by spin-coating onto a Pt/Ti/$SiO_2$/Si substrate. The $Bi_{3.25}Eu_{0.75}Ti_3O_{12}$ (BET) films have polycrystalline structure annealed at 700 C. We investigated that the influence of $Bi_4Ti_3O_{12}$ thin films by substituting for Bi ions with Bi ions using X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). From the XPS measurement, it was suggested that the stability of the metal-oxygen octahedral should be related to substitute for Bi ions with Eu ions at annealed $800^{\circ}C$. The BET thin films showed a large remanent polarization (2Pr) of $60.99C/cm^2$ at an applied voltage of 10 V. The BET thin films exhibited no significant degradation of switching charge at least up to $5{\times}10^9$ switching cycles at a frequency of 50 kHz.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society Of Semiconductor Equipment Technology
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• 2006.10a
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• pp.170-173
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• 2006

Ferroelectric $Bi_{3.35}Sm_{0.65}Ti_3O_{12}(BST)$ thin films were deposited on $Pt(111)/Ti/SiO_2/Si(100)$ substrates by a sol-gel spin-coating process. In this experiments, $Bi(TMHD)_3$, $Sm_5(O^iPr)_{13}$, $Ti(O^iPr)_4$ were used as precursors, which were dissolved in 2-methoxyethanol. Thereafter, the thin films with the thickness, of 240nm were annealed from 600 to $720^{\circ}C$ in oxygen atmosphere for 1 hr, and post-annealed in oxygen atmosphere for 1 hr after deposition of Pt electrode to enhance the electrical properties. The remanent polarization and coercive voltage of the BST thin films annealed at $720^{\circ}C$ were $19.48\;{\mu}C/cm^2$ and 3.40 V, respectively, and a fatigue-free characteristics. As a result, Sm-substituted bismuth titanate films with good ferroelectric properties and excellent fatigue resistance are useful candidates for ferroelectric memory applications.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.43 no.11 s.294
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• pp.688-692
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• 2006

Ferroelectric lanthanides-substituted $Bi_4Ti_3O_{12}$ $(Bi_{4-x}Ln_xTi_3O_{12}, BLnT)$ thin films approximately 200 nm in thickness were deposited by metal organic chemical vapor deposition onto Pt(111)/Ti/SiO$_2$/Si(100) substrates. Many researchers reported that the lanthanides substitution for Bi in the pseudo-perovskite layer caused the distortion of TiO$_6$ octahedron in the a-b plane accompanied with a shift of the octahedron along the a-axis. In this study, the effect of lanthanides (Ln=Pr, Eu, Gd, Dy)-substitution and crystallization temperature on their ferroelectric properties of bismuth titanate $(Bi_4Ti_3O_{12}, BIT)$ thin films were investigated. As BLnT thin films were substituted to lanthanide elements (Pr, Eu, Gd, Dy) with a smaller ionic radius, the remnant polarization (2P$_r$) values had a tendency to increase and made an exception of the Eu-substituted case because $Bi_{4-x}Eu_xTi_3O_{12}$ (BET) thin films had the smaller grain sizes than the others. In this study, we confirmed that better ferroelectric properties can be expected for films composed of larger grains in bismuth layered peroskite materials. The crystallinity of the thin films was improved and the average grain size increased as the crystallization temperature,increased from 600 to 720$^{\circ}C$. Moreover, the BLnT thin film capacitor is characterized by well-saturated polarization-electric field (P-E) curves with an increase in annealing temperature. The BLnT thin films exhibited no significant degradation of switching charge for at least up to $1.0\times10^{11}$ switching cycles at a frequency of 1 MHz. From these results, we can suggest that the BLnT thin films are the suitable dielectric materials for ferroelectric random access memory applications.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2006.07c
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• pp.1374-1375
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• 2006

Ar/$Cl_2$ 유도결합 플라즈마 (ICP)의 가스 혼합비에 따른 $(Bi_{4-x}La_x)Ti_{3}O_{12}$ 박막의 식각 메커니즘과 식각면에서의 플라즈마 손상을 조사하였다. BLT 박막의 최대식각률은 Ar/$Cl_2$ 플라즈마에서의 Ar 가스 혼합비가 80%일 때 50.8 nm의 값을 보였다. 정전 탐침을 통해 Ar 가스의 혼합비에 따른 전자온도와 전자밀도를 관측하였다. 박막 표면의 X-ray photoemission spectroscopy 분석과 박막의 이력곡선을 통해 BLT 박막의 식각 손상은 Cl 원자와의 반응에 의한 화학적 식각 손상이 BLT 박막 표면에서의 Ar 이온충돌에 의한 물리적 손상보다 더 크다는 것을 확인 할 수 있었다.

• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.13 no.5
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• pp.317-322
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• 2003

Bismuth layered structure ferroelectric thin films, $Bi_4$$Ti_3$$O_{12}$ / (BTO) and Nb-doped BTO (BTN) were prepared on the Pt(111)/Ti/$SiO_2$/Si(100) substrates by a sol-gel route. We investigated the Nb-doping effect on the grain orientation and ferroelectric properties. $Nb^{5＋}$ ion substitution for $Ti^{4＋}$ ion in perovskite layers of BTO decreased the degree of c-axis orientation and increased the remanent polarization (2Pr). The fatigue resistance of Nb-doped BTO thin film was shown to be superior to that of BTO, and the leakage current of Nb-doped BTO thin film was decreased about 1 order of magnitude compared with BTO. The improvement of ferroelectric properties with $Nb^{5＋}$ doping in BTO could be attributed to the changes in space charge densities and grain orientation in the thin film.

• Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.234-239
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• 2007

Crystallographically {h00}-oriented $0.94(Bi_{0.5}Na_{0.5})TiO_{3}-0.06BaTiO_{3}$ (0.94BNT-0.06BT) ceramics was prepared by the Reactive Templated Grain Growth (RTGG) method using the $Bi_{4}Ti_{3}O_{12}$ template. The sheets prepared by tape-casting of slurries containing the templates and starting materials are cut, laminated, and pressed. Then burn-out and sintering was conducted. Also, to compare with the 0.94BNT-0.06BT ceramics prepared by the RTGG method another 0.94BNT-0.06BT ceramics was prepared by the solid-state method. In the optimum of this experiments range, the degree of orientation of the 0.94BNT-0.06BT ceramics prepared by the RTGG method was texture fraction${\approx}92%$ and the piezoelectric constant($d_{33}$) and coupling factor($k_{p}$) was obtained to $d_{33}{\approx}205{\;}pC/N$, $k_{p}{\approx}0.33%$, respectively.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2006.06a
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• pp.12-13
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• 2006

Ferroelectric Cerium-substituted $Bi_4Ti_3O_{12}$ thin films with a thickness of 200 nm were deposited using the liquid delivery metal organic chemical vapor deposition process onto a Pt(111)/Ti/$SiO_2$/Si(100) substrate. At annealing temperature above $600^{\circ}C$, the BCT thin films became crystallized and exhibited a polycrystalline structure. The BCT thin film annealed at $720^{\circ}C$ showed a large remanent polarization ($2P_r$) of $44.56\;{\mu}C/cm^2$ at an applied voltage of 5V. The BCT thin film exhibits a good fatigue resistance up to $1{\times}10^{11}$ switching cycles at a frequency of 1 MHz with applied electric field of ${\pm}5\;V$.