Densification of lead zirconate titanate sol-gel coatings
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2006-06-01T00:00:00Z
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Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam.
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0167-577X
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Mikael A. Khan, Rajnish Kurchania, Silvana Corkovic, et al., Densification of lead zirconate titanate sol-gel coatings. Materials Letters, Volume 60, Issue 12, June 2006, Pages 1463-1465.
Abstract
A novel method for the densification of sol-gel films is presented. After elimination of organic decomposition products by heat-treatment at 350 °C and 450 °C, the films are isopressed prior to crystallisation at 550 °C. Consequently, porous lead zirconate titanate films, ~0.7 um in thickness with pore sizes of ~0.1 um could be transformed into dense 0.2 um fil