We demonstrate that a bipolar non-volatile resistive switching behaviour with negative differential resistance (NDR) effect is realized in a Cu/BaTiO3/Ag device, which was deposited on a Si substrate via magnetron sputtering equipment. We suggest that the bipolar resistive switching is dominated by the trapping/detrapping of electrons at the BaTiO3-Cu interface. In addition, we demonstrate that...

Due to issues with Pb toxicity, there is an urgent need for high performance Pb-free alternatives to Pb-based piezoelectric ceramics. Although pure BaTiO3 material exhibits fairly low piezoelectric coefficients, further designing of such a material system greatly enhances the piezoelectric response by means of domain engineering, defects engineering, as well as phase boundary engineering. Espec...

in the present work, we report a suitable approach for the preparation of batio3 nanostructures via the hydrothermal condition using dolapix et85 as surfactant. the powders were investigated by x-ray diffraction (xrd), scanning election microscopy (sem), energy-dispersive x-ray spectroscopy (edax), field emission transmission electron microscopy (fetem), selected area electron diffraction (saed...

The modified BaTiO3 ferroelectric materials are suitable for pyroelectric applications. This paper reports the structural, dielectric and electrical properties on copper influence in BaTiO3 when it was substituted site “A” of perovskite structure of BaTiO3. Copper has been chosen for modified BaTiO3 with different concentrations with stoichiometry Ba1−xCuxTiO3, where x = 0.01%, 0.02%, 0.03% and...

Dielectric constant and morphology of BaTiO3-polymer composite films were studied as a function of the filler concentration. The morphology of the films was examined using laser scanning confocal microscopy, which is capable to measure small particle distributions in more details than conventional microscopy. The thin-slice images allowed us to visualize the micronsize particles and the polymer...

The simple nematic mesogen 5CB was doped with milled BaTiO3 nanoparticles and was investigated with x-ray scattering. Doping with BaTiO3 nanoparticles of 9 nm in diameter led to the formation of crystallites. These crystallites precipitated and formed a waxlike nanodispersion of 5CB and nanoparticles, which led to intense x-ray scattering signals characteristic of a multilayer structure. Surpri...

Recent results of Raman spectroscopy studies of lattice dynamics and phase transitions in ferroelectric thin films and superlattices are reviewed. Raman studies of SrTiO3, BaTiO3, and BaxSr1−xTiO3 thin films in comparison to corresponding single crystals are presented; essential differences in the lattice dynamics behavior of thin films and single crystals are discussed. Application of ultravio...

Title of Dissertation: GROWTH AND CHARACTERIZATION OF MULTIFERROIC BATIO3-COFE2O4 THIN FILM NANOSTRUCTURES Haimei Zheng, Doctor of Philosophy, 2004 Dissertation Directed By: Professor Lourdes Salamanca-Riba Professor Ramamoorthy Ramesh Department of Materials Science and Engineering Multiferroic materials which display simultaneous ferroelectricity and magnetism have been stimulating significan...

Vertical interfaces in vertically aligned nanocomposite thin films have been approved to be an effective method to manipulate functionalities. However, several challenges with regard to the understanding on the physical process underlying the manipulation still remain. In this work, because of the ordered interfaces and large interfacial area, heteroepitaxial (BaTiO3)1-x:(Sm2O3)x thin films hav...

We report scanned probe characterizations of the ferroelectric phase transition in individual barium titanate (BaTiO3) nanowires. Variable-temperature electrostatic force microscopy is used to manipulate, image, and evaluate the diameter-dependent stability of ferroelectric polarizations. These measurements show that the ferroelectric phase transition temperature (TC) is depressed as the nanowi...