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Processing of Crystalline Li(Nb, Ta)O3 Films with Preferred Orientation Through Metal Alkoxides

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

Shin-Ichi Hirano  and
Kazumi Kato
Shin-Ichi Hirano
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464, Japan
Kazumi Kato
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464, Japan
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Abstract

LiNbO3 and LiTaO3 are very attractive and useful materials, which have been applied to piezoelectric and electro-optic devices. The authors have synthesized the stoichiometric crystalline fine powders and films of LiNbO3 at temperatures as low as 250°C by the controlled hydrolysis of double alkoxide solutions; and this method was used to prepare Li(Nb, Ta)O3 solid solution films with and without the preferred orientation. Water used during the processing played an important role in the low-temperature crystallization and the elimination of free carbon in the films. The water for the partial hydrolysis affected the properties of alkoxide solutions for dip-coating, and the morphologies of crystalline films. Water in a mixed gas flow with oxygen during calcination accelerated the crystallization of the alkoxy-derived films at low temperatures.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 155: Symposium L – Processing Science of Advanced Ceramics , 1989 , 181
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1989

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