• Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.101-106
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• 1999

Pb$(Zr_{0.5},Ti_{0.5})O_3$ thin films were prepared on $Pt/Ti/SiO_2/Si$substrates by spin-coating. The sol was sonicated in an ultrasonic bath to promoto homogenization and the results were compared with untreated case. In the case of PZT thin films prepared from sonicated sol, only perovskite phase was obtained at $550^{\circ}C$ and "rosette" structures in the films disappeared. Dieletric constants (10kHz), remnant polarization, and coercive field of the films prepared from untreated and sonicated sol were 335 and 443, 12.3 and17.7$\mu$C/$\textrm{cm}^2$, 168.4 and 153.5 kV/cm. Electrical properties were improved by introduction of the sonication processon process

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2001.02a
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• pp.61-62
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• 2001

• Proceedings of the Korean Ceranic Society Conference
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• 2000.04a
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• pp.151.2-151.2
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• 2000

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1995.07c
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• pp.1022-1024
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• 1995

In this study, $Pb(Zr_xTi_{1-x})O_3$(x=0.65, 0.52, 0.35) thin films were fabricated by Sol-Gel method. A stock solution with excess Pb 10[mol.%] of $Pb(Zr_xTi_{1-x})O_3$ was made and spin-coated on the Pt/$SiO_2$/Si substrate at 4000[rpm] for 30[sec.]. Coated specimens were dried on the hot-plate at $400[^{\circ}C]$ for 10[min.]. Sintering temperature and time were $500{\sim}800[^{\circ}C]$ and $1{\sim}60$[min.]. To investigate crystallization condition, PZT thin films were analyzed with sintering temperature, time and composition by the XRD. The microstructure of thin films were investigated by SEM. The ferroelectric perovskite phases precipitated under the sintering of $700[^{\circ}C]$ for 1 hour. In the PZT(52/48) composition, dielectric constant and dielectric loss were 2133, 2.2[%] at room temperature, respectively.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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• v.15 no.12
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• pp.1054-1059
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• 2002

A great deal of research has been done in the field of characterization for piezoelectric thin films after the first report on the measurement for the piezoelectric coefficient of thin films in 1990. The main idea of this research is to provide a distinctive solution for the measurement and standardization of both the longitudinal and the transverse piezoelectric d-coefficients, d33 and d31, of ferroelectric thin films. In general, to get these two coefficients of thin films, two different measuring systems are required. Here, we propose the improved method for the evaluation of these two coefficients with single equipment and with the relatively convenient procedure. The two-step loading process of applying the both positive and the negative pressure has been introduced to acquire the piezoelectric coefficients. These results have been calibrated for both the longitudinal and 4he transverse piezoelectric d-coefficients, d33 and 431, of thin films by comparison with the virtual standard created from FEM. In this experiments, we have obtained d33 of 331pC/N and 031 of -92.2pC/N for the PZT thin films.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1987.11a
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• pp.239-241
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• 1987

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.39 no.4
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• pp.341-345
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• 2002

The effect of the Pt electrode and the $Pt-IrO_2$ hybrid electrode on the performance of ferroelectric device was investigated. The modified Pt thin films with non-columnar structure significantly reduced the oxidation of TiN diffusion barrier layer, which rendered it possible to incorporate the simple stacked structure of Pt/TiN/poly-Si plug. When a $Pt-IrO_2$ hybrid electrode is applied, PZT thin film properties are influenced by the thickness and the partial coverage of the electrode layers. The optimized $Pt-IrO_2$ hybrid electrode significantly enhanced the fatigue properties with minimal leakage current.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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• v.24 no.5
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• pp.392-397
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• 2011

The effect of various post-annealing temperature to sputtered Pb(Zr,Ti)$O_3$ (PZT) thin films was investigated. The crystallization process, surface morphology and the electrical characteristics strongly depends on the rapid thermal annealing (RTA). In radio frequency (RF) sputtering methods, there were many papers mostly forcing on the crystal forming and the surface variations with different elements distribution (Pb, Ti, Zr, O) on the surface of the PZT layer. In this experiment, the post-annealing treatment promoted the Pb volatilization in PZT thin film and affected the Ti diffused throughout the Pt layer into the PZT layer. Second ion mass spectroscopy (SIMS) analysis was employed to show that the Pb element in the PZT layer was decreased at the same time the Ti element mass was slight decreased than Pb with increasing RTA temperature. That result prove the content of Pb affect the PZT thin film property.

• Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.173-179
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• 2006

We have investigated structural and electrical properties of $PbZr_{0.3}Ti_{0.7}O_{3}$ (PZT) thin films deposited by pulsed laser deposition methods. PZT thin films have been deposited on $LaMnO_3$ (LMO) bottom electrodes with $LaAlO_3$ (LAO) substrates during different deposition times. High-resolution x-ray diffraction data have shown that all the PZT films and bottom electrodes are highly oriented. The thickness of each film is determined by field-emission scanning electron microscope. We have also observed root mean square roughness by using atomic force microscopy mode, and local polarization distribution and retention behavior of a ferroelectric domain by using piezoelectric force microscopy mode. A PZT/LMO structure has shown good ferroelectric and retention properties as the media for nano-storage devices.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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• v.18 no.4
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• pp.327-329
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• 2005

Pb(Zr/sub 0.52/Ti/sub 0.48/)O₃(PZT) thin films were deposited by using a pulsed laser deposition method on a Pt/Ti/SiO₂/Si substrate with (Pb/sub 0.72/La/sub 0.28/)Ti/sub 0.93/O₃ (PLT) buffer and on a Pt/Ti/SiO₂/Si substrate without buffer. These films were annealed in H₂-contained ambient for 30 minutes at the substrate temperature of 400。C to evaluate the forming gas annealing effects. The comparative studies on the ferroelectric properties of these two films were carried out, which are shown that ferroelectric properties, such as remanent polarization didn't change in the case of PLT buffered PZT film while remanent polarization value of PZT film degraded from 20.8 C/㎠ to 7.3 C/㎠. The leakage current became higher in both cases, but that of the more-oriented PZT film had the moderate value of the 10/sup -6/ order of A/㎠. This is mainly because the hydrogen atoms which make the degradation of PZT films cannot infiltrate into the more -oriented PZT film as well as the less-oriented PZT film.