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Title: Thin film bismuth iron oxides useful for piezoelectric devices

Abstract

The present invention provides for a composition comprising a thin film of BiFeO.sub.3 having a thickness ranging from 20 nm to 300 nm, a first electrode in contact with the BiFeO.sub.3 thin film, and a second electrode in contact with the BiFeO.sub.3 thin film; wherein the first and second electrodes are in electrical communication. The composition is free or essentially free of lead (Pb). The BFO thin film is has the piezoelectric property of changing its volume and/or shape when an electric field is applied to the BFO thin film.

Inventors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1255124
Patent Number(s):
9,356,224
Application Number:
12/916,209
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, CA)
DOE Contract Number:  
AC02-05CH11231
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2010 Oct 29
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE

Citation Formats

Zeches, Robert J., Martin, Lane W., and Ramesh, Ramamoorthy. Thin film bismuth iron oxides useful for piezoelectric devices. United States: N. p., 2016. Web.
Zeches, Robert J., Martin, Lane W., & Ramesh, Ramamoorthy. Thin film bismuth iron oxides useful for piezoelectric devices. United States.
Zeches, Robert J., Martin, Lane W., and Ramesh, Ramamoorthy. 2016. "Thin film bismuth iron oxides useful for piezoelectric devices". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1255124.
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