Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Synthesis of Free-Standing Crystalline Barium Titanate Films at Vapor/Liquid or Liquid/Liquid Interface

  • Published:
Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

Synthesis of free-standing crystalline barium titanate (BaTiO3) films at vapor/liquid or liquid/liquid interface at room temperature has been investigated. High concentration Ba, Ti alkoxides precursor solution (1.2 mol/l) or pre-hydrolyzed precursor solutions by water vapor in a H2O/Ba molar ratio of 0 to 6 were used as dropping solutions at the interfaces. Transparent gel films were formed when partially hydrolyzed precursors (H2O/Ba = 2 to 3) were spread out on a N2/liquid paraffin interface. The films shrank from syneresis and vaporization of the solvent during aging at room temperature. As a result, free-standing transparent films with a thickness of around 1 μm and little stoichiometric deviation were obtained by separation from the liquid surface and rinse by hexane. The films consisted of crystalline BaTiO3 particles of less than a few nanometers. Nanostructured dense BaTiO3 free-standing films with a grain size less than 100 nm were obtained at 1030°C.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. G. Arlt, D. Hennings, and G. de With, J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 58, 1619 (1985).

    Google Scholar 

  2. K. Uchino, E. Sadanaga, and T. Hirose, J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 72, 1555 (1989).

    Google Scholar 

  3. K. Kinoshita and A. Yamaji, J. Appl. Phys. 47, 371 (1976).

    Google Scholar 

  4. J.C. Huling and G.L. Messing, J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 71, C–222 (1988).

    Google Scholar 

  5. H. Schulze-Bergkamen and M. Yamane, J. Sol-Gel Sci. Technol. 5, 185 (1995).

    Google Scholar 

  6. M. Yamane, J. Sol-Gel Sci. Technol. 8, 483 (1997).

    Google Scholar 

  7. M. Yamane, J. Sol-Gel Sci. Technol. 13, 821 (1998).

    Google Scholar 

  8. H. Shimooka and M. Kuwabara, J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 78, 2849 (1995).

    Google Scholar 

  9. H. Shimooka and M. Kuwabara, J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 79, 2983 (1996).

    Google Scholar 

  10. H. Shimooka, K. Yamada, S. Takahashi, and M. Kuwabara, J. Sol-Gel Sci. Technol. 13, 873 (1998).

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Kyushu Institute of Technology, 1-1 Sensui-cho, Tobata-ku, Kitakyushu-shi, Fukuoka, 804-8550, Japan

    Hirokazu Shimooka, Tadashi Yamamoto, Seiji Takahashi & Shigemi Kohiki

Authors
  1. Hirokazu Shimooka
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Tadashi Yamamoto
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Seiji Takahashi
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Shigemi Kohiki
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Shimooka, H., Yamamoto, T., Takahashi, S. et al. Synthesis of Free-Standing Crystalline Barium Titanate Films at Vapor/Liquid or Liquid/Liquid Interface. Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology 19, 749–752 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008747713874

Download citation

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008747713874

Search

Navigation