Preparation and Ferroelectric Properties of Bi4-xTmxTi3O12 Thin Films

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Tm2O3-doped bismuth titanate (Bi4-xTmxTi3O12, BTT) and pure Bi4Ti3O12 (BIT) thin films with random orientation were fabricated on Pt/Ti/SiO2/Si substrates by rf magnetron sputtering technique. These samples had polycrystalline Bi-layered perovskite structure without preferred orientation, and consisted of well developed rod-like grains with random orientation. The experimental results indicated that Tm doping into BIT results in remarkable improvement in ferroelectric properties. The Pr and the Ec values of the BTT film with x=0.75 were 28 μC/cm2 and 80 kV/cm, respectively.

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