Abstract
We report the effects of wall-thickness on the morphology and structure of PbTiO3 nanotubes (PTO-NTs). The PTO-NTs were fabricated via template-directed growth in conjunction with sol-gel process and spin-coating technique. Wall-thickness was increased from 10 to 70 nm by repeating the process of spin-coating and subsequent pyrolysis. X-ray diffraction patterns showed that the PTO-NTs exhibited a tetragonal-structure. We found that their tetragonality increased from 1.0310 to 1.0487 as wall-thickness increased from 10 nm to 70 nm. Raman spectroscopy revealed that peak positions of E(1TO) phonon corresponding a-axis shifted toward higher frequency due to their residual stress in the PTO-NTs.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 29-34 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Ferroelectrics |
Volume | 454 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Jan 2013 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This research was supported by Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (grant number 2012R1A1A2042743).
Keywords
- PbTiO
- ferroelectrics
- nanotubes
- spin-coating
- wall-thickness