Lead zirconate titanate ~PZT! thin films with a Zr/Ti ratio of 52/48 were deposited on platinized silicon substrates by a sol-gel method and crystallized with preferred ~111! or ~100! orientation. Both the piezoelectric properties (d33) and the field-induced strains of the films with different thickness and preferred orientation were measured by a laser Doppler heterodyne interferometer. The we...

Seismic anisotropy in the oceanic lithosphere results from flow-induced crystallographic preferred orientation of dry olivine during lithosphere creation. Recent experiments, however, showed that high water activity changes the flow mechanisms of olivine and hence the crystallographic preferred orientation, better explaining the seismic anisotropy in the mantle wedge above subduction zones. Whe...

The properties of thin films are often influenced by the crystal’s preferred orientation. In present study, we report strong dependence surface conductivity on orientation TiN film that acts as coating material for Ti bipolar plate. is successfully controlled along (111) or (200) planes adjusting N2 flow rate substrate temperature during deposition process via DC (direct current) reactive magne...