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Piezoelectric Properties of Ink‐Jet–Printed Lead Zirconate Titanate Thick Films Confirmed by Piezoresponse Force Microscopy
Author(s) -
Kuscer Danjela,
Noshchenko Oleksandr,
Uršič Hana,
Malič Barbara
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of the american ceramic society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 196
eISSN - 1551-2916
pISSN - 0002-7820
DOI - 10.1111/jace.12532
Subject(s) - materials science , piezoelectricity , lead zirconate titanate , piezoresponse force microscopy , composite material , microstructure , scanning electron microscope , fabrication , surface tension , dielectric , optoelectronics , ferroelectricity , medicine , alternative medicine , physics , pathology , quantum mechanics
An ink consisting of Pb ( Zr 0.53 Ti 0.47 ) O 3 ( PZT ) particles with a median size of 170 nm and a narrow size distribution, in a dispersion of water and glycerol, and with a low viscosity and surface tension, was used for the fabrication of thick films by piezoelectric ink‐jet printing. This study reports the printing conditions, the subsequent thermal treatment of the as‐deposited layers, and the properties of the sintered PZT thick film. The film, sintered at 1100°C, had a locally dense microstructure and consisted of grains that are a few 100 nm across, as revealed by scanning electron microscopy. A local piezoelectric response of 15 pm/V was measured in the ink‐jet–printed PZT thick film by piezoresponse force microscopy.