LiNbO3 polymer composite thin film: Towards it´s preparation

Author

Harun, Ahmad Mukifza ; Vaughn, Gareth M. ; Brown, A.P. ; Comyn, T.P. ; Bell, A.J.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Mater. Res., Leeds Univ., Leeds, UK

fYear

2010

fDate

9-12 Aug. 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Lithium Niobate (LiNbO₃) is a well-known ferroelectric material with excellent nonlinear piezoelectric, pyroelectric and electro-optic properties. However, there is little research conducted exploring its application in thin film composites. Here we describe the preparation and characterization of LiNbO₃, as a precursor to its use in polymer composites. LiNbO₃ has been prepared via a molten salt route, which has been previously shown to be one of the simplest means to prepare pure and stoichiometric LiNbO₃ nanocrystals.

Keywords

ferroelectric materials; filled polymers; liquid phase deposition; lithium compounds; nanocomposites; nanofabrication; thin films; LiNbO₃; ferroelectric material; molten salt synthesis; nanocrystals; nonlinear electrooptic properties; nonlinear piezoelectric properties; nonlinear pyroelectric properties; polymer composite thin film; Chemicals; Powders; LiNbO3; component; ferroelectric; molten salt; nanocrystals; thin film;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Applications of Ferroelectrics (ISAF), 2010 IEEE International Symposium on the

Conference_Location

Edinburgh

ISSN

1099-4734

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-8190-3

Electronic_ISBN

1099-4734

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISAF.2010.5712227

Filename

5712227