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Ferroelectric Thin Films for Microactuator Applications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

Jiayu Chen
Affiliation:
Materials Research Laboratory, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802
K. R. Udayakumar
Affiliation:
Materials Research Laboratory, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802
Keith G. Brooks
Affiliation:
Materials Research Laboratory, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802
L. Eric. Cross
Affiliation:
Materials Research Laboratory, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802
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Abstract

Ferroelectric thin films of PZT and PMN-PT were fabricated by the solgel spin-on technique. The films show high dielectric constants, polarization and breakdown strength values. Using a laser interferometer (ultradilatometer), the piezoelectric and electrostrictive coefficients of the films were measured. The results indicate that the sol-gel derived ferroelectric thin films have good electromechanical properties and can be used in rnicroactuator applications.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1992

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