▪ Abstract Piezoelectric materials have been integrated with silicon microelectromechanical
systems (MEMS) in both microsensor and microactuator applications. Thin-film materials …

Chemical solution methods for thin-film deposition constitute an affordable alternative to
high-vacuum physical technologies, like Sputtering, Pulsed Laser Deposition (PLD) or …

Single‐components or multicomponent oxide thin films are of interest for electronic and opto‐
electronic devices, optical applications, catalysis, corrosion protection etc. Their preparation …

To achieve large electrostrain and low hysteresis, we further optimized a morphotropic
phase boundary (MPB) by modulating its local polar symmetries. The construction of a …

Transparent and crackfree SrTiO3 thin films were deposited on silicon wafers, fused silica,
and stainless‐steel substrates by sol‐gel technique. Strontium ethyl hexanoate and titanium …

Aliovalent Nb doping (< 10 at.%) of sol—gel‐derived lead zirconate titanate (PZT) thin films
was investigated with the intention of improving the ferroelectric properties. Nb addition was …

Solution deposition has been used by almost every electroceramic research-and-
development organization throughout the world to evaluate thin films. Ferrite, high …

The principles underlying metal oxide phase formation from multicomponent molecular gels
are reviewed. The critical phase separation mechanisms operating at each stage of the gel …

Lead zirconate titanate (PZT) thin films on platinized silicon were fabricated and their
structural development upon annealing was characterized by x-ray diffraction and …

The control of grain orientation by introducing Nb-doped SrTiO 3 single crystalline
substrates is an effective way to improve piezoelectric and ferroelectric properties of thin …