Aulika, I.Mergen, S.Bencan, A.Zhang, QiDejneka, A.Kosec, M.Kundzins, K.Demarchi, D.Civera, P.2014-04-152014-04-152013-03-28Aulika 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. 53-581743-6753http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/1743676112Y.0000000019http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/8385This 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.en-UKArticle