Piezoelectric Properties of Ink‐Jet–Printed Lead Zirconate Titanate Thick Films Confirmed by Piezoresponse Force Microscopy. Issue 9 (21st August 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kuscer, Danjela; Noshchenko, Oleksandr; Uršič, Hana; Malič, Barbara; Derby, B.
• Is Part Of: Journal of the American Ceramic Society. Volume 96:Issue 9(2013)
• Page Start: 2714
• Page End: 2717
• Publication Date: 2013-08-21
• Subjects: Ceramics -- Periodicals; 620.1405
• DOI: 10.1111/jace.12532
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0002-7820

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" id="jace12532-abs-0001"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p>An ink consisting of Pb(Zr_0.53Ti_0.47)O₃ (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.</p> </abstract>