Impact of Crystallisation processes on depth profile formation in sol-gel PbZr0.52Ti0.48O3 thin films
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Aulika I, Mergen S, Bencan A, et al., (2013) Impact of Crystallisation processes on depth profile formation in sol-gel PbZr0.52Ti0.48O3 thin films. Advances in Applied Ceramics, Volume 112, Issue 1, January 2013, pp. 53-58
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This study revealed the influence of crystallisation processes on the homogeneity of the sol-gel PbZr0.52Ti0.48O3 thin films, allowing identification and further optimisation of thin film performance. Crystallisation processes determine the optical gradient appearance, irrespective of the chemical solvents used in this work. X-ray differaction analysis showed that a refractive index gradient was apparent in the samples which had dominant (001)/(100) orientation and significant change of lattice parameters with thickness.