Journal of the Ceramic Society of Japan
Online ISSN : 1348-6535
Print ISSN : 1882-0743
ISSN-L : 1348-6535
117 巻, 1369 号
(September)
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Review
  • Dinghua BAO
    2009 年 117 巻 1369 号 p. 929-934
    発行日: 2009年
    公開日: 2009/09/01
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    Resistive random access memory (RRAM) based on reversible bistable resistance switching effect is attracting much attention for its superior properties such as nonvolatility, long retention time, simple device structure, small size, and low operating voltage. The unique resistance switching properties have been observed in some binary transition metal oxides, perovskite oxides, and organic molecular materials. This paper briefly reviews the status and new progress on binary transition metal oxide thin film materials such as NiO, TiO2, ZrO2, ZnO, and their multilayered thin films and metal nanocomposite thin films, for resistive random access memory applications, and also presents some of our own research work in this field. There is no doubt that study on transition metal oxide thin films for RRAM application will have been a topic of great interest in the forthcoming years, and it is expected that better understanding of physical mechanisms for the bistable resistance switching of the transition metal oxide thin films sandwiched between two metal electrodes can be achieved.
Papers
  • Sungho LEE, Akiko OBATA, Toshihiro KASUGA
    2009 年 117 巻 1369 号 p. 935-938
    発行日: 2009年
    公開日: 2009/09/01
    ジャーナル フリー
    SrO-containing calcium phosphate invert glasses, (60-x)CaO·xSrO·30P2O5·7Na2O·3TiO2 (mol%, x = 0-60), which are expected to inhibit bone resorption by osteoclast and enhance bone formation, were prepared and their ion release behaviors in Tris buffer solution were estimated. The glass containing 20 mol% of SrO showed the smallest amount of the dissolved ions in the present work. Laser Raman spectra showed that the peaks of phosphate groups and TiOy polyhedral groups red-shifted with increasing the SrO content in the glasses. The shift was suggested to be due to decrease in bonding strength between cations and phosphate groups or TiOy polyhedral groups in the glasses. In the case of the glasses containing SrO over 20 mol%, no shifts of Raman peaks due to the TiOy polyhedra were observed. The TiOy (y = 4 or 6) polyhedra in the glasses can coordinate with cations up to 18 mol% since they contain 3 mol% of TiO2. Sr2+ ions are supposed from the shift behavior of the Raman peaks to preferentially coordinate with the TiOy polyhedra; the formation of this structure would induce decrease in the ion amounts released from the glasses containing 0-20 mol% of SrO.
  • Naoyuki ITOH, Tetsuo SHIMURA, Wataru SAKAMOTO, Toshinobu YOGO
    2009 年 117 巻 1369 号 p. 939-943
    発行日: 2009年
    公開日: 2009/09/01
    ジャーナル フリー
    Perovskite BiFeO3-SrTiO3 ceramics have been prepared using solid-state reactions. Also, effects of SrTiO3 content on the crystal structure and magnetic properties of a BiFeO3-SrTiO3 system have been studied. Single-phase perovskite BiFeO3-SrTiO3 ceramics have been fabricated/ Pure BiFeO3 ceramics contain a small amount of a second phase, such as Bi36Fe2O57 in perovskite BiFeO3. The crystallographic symmetry of BiFeO3-SrTiO3 changes from rhombohedral to cubic when SrTiO3 exceeds 20 mol%. Moreover, Mn doping to BiFeO3-SrTiO3 is very effective in controlling the grain growth and improving the sintered density. In particular, dielectric loss for the resultant ceramics is greatly reduced by Mn doping. The rhombohedrally distorted 0.9BiFeO3-0.1SrTiO3 shows a high Curie temperature (> 750°C) and weak ferromagnetism at 10-300 K.
  • Kazutomo ABE, Naoto KITAHARA, Mikio HIGUCHI, Junichi TAKAHASHI
    2009 年 117 巻 1369 号 p. 944-949
    発行日: 2009年
    公開日: 2009/09/01
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    The ceramic composites containing 1-25 vol% BaTiO3 in a ferrite matrix phase of Ni0.3Zn0.7Fe2O4 were fabricated by sintering at 1250°C in air. The sintered composites indicated a steep increase in dielectric permittivity in a small BaTiO3 ratio up to 5 vol%. In a limited BaTiO3 ratio of 3-15 vol%, a reaction between Ni0.3Zn0.7Fe2O4 and BaTiO3 resulted in the production of a liquid phase during sintering, which caused correspondingly the formation of secondary phases of BaFe2O4 ss and hexagonal BaTiO3 ss. These solid phase and microstructure changes, however, brought about little contribution to the increasing permittivity of the composites. Electrical property evaluations combined with compositional analysis revealed that the remarkably increasing permittivity could be predominantly attributed to the electron hopping between Fe2+ and Fe3+ in the ferrite matrix, which was caused by the incorporation of a small amount of Ti4+ into the spinel sublattice.
  • Takaharu MIYAZAKI, Setsu SOU, Naonori SAKAMOTO, Naoki WAKIYA, Hisao SU ...
    2009 年 117 巻 1369 号 p. 950-953
    発行日: 2009年
    公開日: 2009/09/01
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    Low temperature crystallization of CSD-derived ferroelectric thin films was aimed by laser assisted annealing in this paper. Pb(ZrxTi1-x)O3(PZT) thin films with a MPB composition (Zr/Ti = 53/47) and LaNiO3 (LNO) thin film electrodes were deposited by the chemical solution deposition (CSD) method on a Si wafer. The thickness of PZT films was about 70 nm, and the thickness of LNO films as seeding layers and electrodes was about 250 nm. The PZT/LNO films were annealed at the substrate temperature ranging from 300°C to 500°C for 15 min with or without KrF excimier laser irradiation. Both the diffraction peaks of (100)- and (200)- planes for PZT and LNO were identified at 500°C. However, (100)- and (200)- peaks for PZT were not observed for the films without laser-irradiation below 400°C. On the other hand, these peaks were observed for the PZT films with laser-irradiation even below 400°C. The dielectric constant of the PZT film with laser assisted annealing at 350°C was measured to show about 700. These results demonstrated that the crystallization of ferroelectric PZT thin films was enhanced by KrF excimier laser irradiation and by using the oriented LNO thin film as a seeding layer.
  • Makoto IWATA, Kohei SAKAKIBARA, Rintaro AOYAGI, Masaki MAEDA, Yoshihir ...
    2009 年 117 巻 1369 号 p. 954-957
    発行日: 2009年
    公開日: 2009/09/01
    ジャーナル フリー
    Phase transitions in Pb(Zn1/3Nb2/3)O3-PbTiO3 were investigated by means of the dielectric constant measurement under the zero-field heating after field cooling. A sharp phase transition between ferroelectric phases in Pb(Zn1/3Nb2/3)O3 was confirmed to appear at 114°C, and to connect to the morphotropic phase boundary in the Pb(Zn1/3Nb2/3)O3-PbTiO3 solid solution system. It is therefore concluded that the phase transition between ferroelectric phases of Pb(Zn1/3Nb2/3)O3 is the one between the tetragonal and rhombohedral phases.
  • Chee Kiong SIA, Yuji SASAKI, Nobuyasu ADACHI, Toshitaka OTA
    2009 年 117 巻 1369 号 p. 958-960
    発行日: 2009年
    公開日: 2009/09/01
    ジャーナル フリー
    The crystallographic and magnetic properties of porous NixZn1-xFe2O4 (x = 0.1, 0.5 and 0.9) from wood templates were investigated in this study. The nitrates aqueous precursor solution was infiltrated into the wood specimen at 60°C to retain the original shape and the microstructure of wood. The sintered bodies contained elongated pores enclosed by a thin layer of wall with the thickness about 1-2 μm. The grain size of polycrystalline ferrite was observed to be in the range of 1-1.5 μm. Each grain was horizontally connected to form polycrystalline walls of single-layered grains. The VSM measurement showed that there is an obvious difference of magnetic properties in the parallel and perpendicular direction due to the anisotropic structure of wood template. The coercivity perpendicular to the pores orientation was larger compared to the coercivity parallel to the pores orientation. It is also discovered that the optimum saturation magnetization was achieved at x = 0.5.
  • Naonori SAKAMOTO, Satoshi ISHIZUKA, Naoki WAKIYA, Hisao SUZUKI
    2009 年 117 巻 1369 号 p. 961-963
    発行日: 2009年
    公開日: 2009/09/01
    ジャーナル フリー
    ZnO nanoparticle was successfully prepared by microwave irradiation method in various oxygen/nitrogen ratio atmospheres. In the present method, steel wool was used as a heat generator by microwave irradiation. The highest heating rate of ∼200°C/sec for the reaction was achieved under the highest oxygen concentration, 80%, whereas the lowest hating rate was ∼40°C/sec. The product prepared in a low oxygen ratio atmosphere showed tetra pod shape with high aspect ratio, c/a. On the other hand, the product prepared under high oxygen ratio atmosphere was relatively isotropic. PL spectra of the products with the higher aspect ratios showed higher UV emission intensity than the products with low aspect ratios i.e. isotropic shape.
  • Nariaki KAKUTA, Takeo OKU, Atsushi SUZUKI, Kenji KIKUCHI, Shiomi KIKUC ...
    2009 年 117 巻 1369 号 p. 964-966
    発行日: 2009年
    公開日: 2009/09/01
    ジャーナル フリー
    Dye-sensitized solar cells with organic dyes such as xylenol orange, rose bengal and erythrosine B were fabricated and characterized. Gel electrolyte based on polyacrylonitrile was used to improve its durability. A solar cell mixed with xylenol orange and rose bengal showed a wide optical absorption in the visible range, and yielded a high conversion efficiency compared to the other solar cells in the present work. Microstructures of TiO2 electrode was also investigated by transmission electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction. A mechanism of photovoltaic properties of the dye-sensitized solar cells was discussed on experimental results and the energy level diagram.
  • Akihiro TAKEDA, Takeo OKU, Atsushi SUZUKI, Kenji KIKUCHI, Shiomi KIKUC ...
    2009 年 117 巻 1369 号 p. 967-969
    発行日: 2009年
    公開日: 2009/09/01
    ジャーナル フリー
    Chalcopyrite compounds/fullerene solar cells based on copper-indium-disulphide and C60 were produced. Two-types of devices with heterojunction and bulk heterojunction structures were examined and characterized. The bulk heterojunction structure provided better efficiency compared to that of the heterojunction structure. Nanostructures of the solar cells were confirmed as mixed nanocrystals by transmission electron microscopy. A photovoltaic mechanism of the present solar cells was discussed on the basis of the experimental results.
  • Hidetoshi MIYAZAKI, Naoko KUSUMOTO, Shiori SASAKI, Naonori SAKAMOTO, N ...
    2009 年 117 巻 1369 号 p. 970-972
    発行日: 2009年
    公開日: 2009/09/01
    ジャーナル フリー
    Tungsten doped VO2 coated SiO2 nano-particles with mono-dispersion were fabricated by the chemical solution deposition method. The resultant W-doped VO2 coated SiO2 particle size was about 40 nm. The transition temperature of non-doped VO2 coated SiO2 particles was 68°C, and the transition temperature of 1.1 atomic% tungsten doped VO2 coated SiO2 particles was 52°C.
  • Yutaka OHYA, Jyunya OKANO, Yuki KASUYA, Takayuki BAN
    2009 年 117 巻 1369 号 p. 973-977
    発行日: 2009年
    公開日: 2009/09/01
    ジャーナル フリー
    Ga2O3 thin films were fabricated using the Ga nitrate and GaOOH aqueous solutions. The films were crystallized as β-Ga2O3 phase by heating at 700°C and the band gap of resultant films was about 4.9 eV. The films were uniform and the film from Ga nitrate solution was dense with porosity of about 3%. The resistivity of the blank film was about 107 Ω cm. The doped films with Ti and Zr exhibited rectifying properties on ITO sputtered glass substrate.
  • Hiroaki HAYASHI, Osamu YOSHIDA, Hisao SUZUKI
    2009 年 117 巻 1369 号 p. 978-982
    発行日: 2009年
    公開日: 2009/09/01
    ジャーナル フリー
    This paper describes a single step sol-gel method, which is very useful for the manufacturing of various films. In this paper, ZnO-ZrO2 films with excellent ultraviolet ray shielding property were fabricated by a single step deposition of sol-gel spin coating. Zinc acetate dihydrate [Zn(OCOCH3)2·2H2O] and zirconium n-propoxide [Zr(OC3H7)4] were used as starting materials. Monoethanolamine was added to dissolve zinc acetate in alcoholic solvent. Precursor solution with the molar ratio of [Zn]/[Zr] from 100/0 to 60/40 were prepared for the deposition. The effects of zirconium addition on the stability of the precursor solution, crystallization behavior of ZnO-ZrO2 film, optical property and microstructure were examined. As a result, the stability of the precursor solution increased with increasing ZrO2 content. Dried films with zirconia component were more stable to humidity in air than the films without zirconia. The addition of zirconia component to the ZnO film also improved the microstructure of the film surface. Namely, the surface of the film with the molar ratio [Zn]/[Zr] of 70/30 became flat without crack. Relatively thick ZnO-ZrO2 film with thickness about 0.7 μm was obtained by the single step deposition. The resultant film with a [Zn]/[Zr] of 70/30 exhibited high transmittance in the visible region (TVIS∼90%) and low transmittance in the ultraviolet region (TUV < 10%). This suggested that the ZnO-ZrO2 film with good UV-shielding property was successfully prepared by a single step sol-gel spin coating.
  • Takaya AKASHI, Takayuki NUKUI, Hajime KIYONO
    2009 年 117 巻 1369 号 p. 983-986
    発行日: 2009年
    公開日: 2009/09/01
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    A joining technique for oxide ion conducting ceramics, such as yttria-stabilized zirconia, was developed, utilizing oxidation of transiently formed aluminum melt. Two yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) blocks were joined via Al/Ni alloy/Al interlayers at 1273 to 1473 K for 3.6 to 28.8 ks in a vacuum (< 0.2 Pa) with an applied load of 80 MPa. The average fracture strength increased with increasing the joining time and temperature. A strong four-point bend strength of 170 MPa was obtained for the specimen joined at 1473 K for 14.4 ks, which was fractured at YSZ block. Alumina interlayer, which is expected to act as a protective layer for further oxidation of Ni alloy, was formed between YSZ and Ni alloy in the specimen after joining.
  • Tomoaki KATO, Takashi SHIRAI, Hideo WATANABE, Masayoshi FUJI, Minoru T ...
    2009 年 117 巻 1369 号 p. 987-991
    発行日: 2009年
    公開日: 2009/09/01
    ジャーナル フリー
    In order to find out conditions for fabricating green body with no defect in gelcasting method, effect of mixing conditions of additives on solidification process of ceramics slurry has been examined in this study. Flow pattern of alumina slurry is deduced by considering actual power consumption of an agitation mixer as well as Reynolds number of agitation calculated, and then compared with observation of solidified green body. The effects of mixing condition is described as a function of the rotation speed and related to flow regimes such as laminar, transition and turbulent flow. It has been found that the boundary between the transition and turbulent flow region is the most suitable for gelcasting method.
  • Tomoaki KATO, Takashi SHIRAI, Masayoshi FUJI, Minoru TAKAHASHI
    2009 年 117 巻 1369 号 p. 992-995
    発行日: 2009年
    公開日: 2009/09/01
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    A new fabrication method of electrical conductive alumina/carbon composite ceramics has been investigated. An advantage of this material is good electrical conductivity based on the uniformity of carbon network generated from polymer in the gelcasted green body. In this study, we discussed the graphitization behavior of the polymer into a gelcasted alumina. As a result of the graphitization, the density, electrical conductivity and degree of graphitization were increasing at a higher temperature. Especially, those values were remarkably increased from 1500°C. The sample sintered at 1700°C, it has an electrical conductivity of 4.11 S/cm and high graphitization similar to pyrolytic graphite. It is thought that the presence and sintering of alumina particle has an important factor in this behavior.
  • Isao KAGOMIYA, Masaya SUZUMURA, Ken-ichi KAKIMOTO, Hitoshi OHSATO
    2009 年 117 巻 1369 号 p. 996-998
    発行日: 2009年
    公開日: 2009/09/01
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    The partial oxidation reforming method is advantageous to develop highly effective and low-cost products of H2 gas used for fuel cells. For the partial oxidation, however, large amount of pure O2 gas are desirable for acceleration of the H2 production. Electronic and oxygen ionic conductive (mixed-conductive) oxide ceramics can be used to obtain pure O2 gas, because the mixed conductivity contributes to permeate pure O2 gas from air at the elevated temperatures. However, high permeation temperature of above 900°C is a problem. Higher temperature for the permeation incurs deterioration of both the ceramics and the steel to support the ceramics. We intend to find out a new mixed-conductive oxide with high oxygen permeation at lower temperatures than 900°C. In this study, we focus the Sr-La-Fe-Co oxides characterized by the intergrowth structures. We have investigated an appropriate condition to prepare Sr3-xLaxFeCoO7-δ ceramics with intergrowth perovskite structure. Then we have investigated microstructures as well as oxygen permeation properties of a dense Sr2.45La0.55FeCoO7-δ ceramics. The oxygen permeation flux of the Sr2.45La0.55FeCoO7-δ ceramics was as high as that of cubic perovskite Sr0.8La0.2 Fe0.8Ga0.2O3-δceramics.
  • Osami ABE, Takahiro SANO
    2009 年 117 巻 1369 号 p. 999-1003
    発行日: 2009年
    公開日: 2009/09/01
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    Mechanochemical redox reactions of manganese dioxide with organic vapors have been studied to control the chemical valence (oxidation number) of manganese ions under grinding. Electrolytic-manganese dioxide (EMD) including double chains of edge-sharing MnO6-octahedra transforms into β-MnO2 (Pyrolusite) consisting of the single chains under grinding in Ar. The mechanical dissociation of the double chains generates active sites to adsorb the atmospheric (CH3)2CO vapor and the strongly adsorbed (CH3)2CO molecules pull out the oxide ions from MnO2 to reduce Mn4+ to Mn3+ ions, while (CH3)2CO is oxidized to CO2 and H2O via the intermediate oxidation products, HCOH and CH3COH. One (CH3)2CO molecule can reduce 16 MnO2 units to trivalent MnO1.5 (Bixbyite). However, the decomposition products, CO2 and H2O, occupying the adsorption sites dominantly to (CH3)2CO disturb the redox process. This mechanochemical reduction of MnO2 can be applied to the synthesis of LiMnIIIMnIVO4 powder from both combinations of the starting mixtures of MnO2-LiOH and MnO2-Li2CO3. Some alcohols and ketones also provide the similar reduction ability.
  • Naoki WAKIYA, Yusuke KIMURA, Naonori SAKAMOTO, Desheng FU, Toru HARA, ...
    2009 年 117 巻 1369 号 p. 1004-1008
    発行日: 2009年
    公開日: 2009/09/01
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    Polycrystalline Dy-doped SrTiO3 thin films deposited by pulsed laser deposition (PLD) on CeO2-buffered yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) single crystal substrates showed oxygen sensing characteristics at room temperature. The oxygen gas sensing characteristics depended on the amount of Dy-doping, and 1.5 mol% Dy-doping was most effective. The oxygen gas sensing characteristics were closely related to leakage current characteristics of Dy-doped SrTiO3 thin film deposited on ZnIn2O4/YSZ/Si(001) substrates. The suppression of leakage current by Dy-doping suggests that Ti4+ is substituted by Dy3+, and the Dy3+ acts as an acceptor. Further doping of Dy3+ brought about the increase of the leakage current, and it lowered the oxygen gas sensitivity.
  • Mikinori HOTTA, Junichi HOJO
    2009 年 117 巻 1369 号 p. 1009-1012
    発行日: 2009年
    公開日: 2009/09/01
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    SiC ceramics were prepared from β-SiC starting powder with AlN and Y2O3 sintering additives by spark plasma sintering. Densification, microstructure and flexural strength of the liquid-phase sintered SiC ceramics were investigated. The relative density of SiC sintered bodies reached over 95% at total amount of 10 vol% AlN and Y2O3 additives and at 1900°C for 600 s in N2 at 30 MPa. When the content of AlN additive increased, the size of SiC grains decreased. The SiC body almost without the grain growth was successfully prepared using 95 mol% AlN and 5 mol% Y2O3 additives. The flexural strength of the SiC body was 1150 MPa.
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Special Article: The 63th CerSJ Awards for Academic Achievement in Ceramic Science and Technology: Review
  • Hisanori YAMANE
    2009 年 117 巻 1369 号 p. 1021-1027
    発行日: 2009年
    公開日: 2009/09/01
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    Studies on the synthesis of nitrides, nitride-related compounds and silicon carbide by using Na as a flux and reaction enhanced medium are reviewed. Using a Na melt, ternary and quaternary nitrides and nitride-related compounds containing Ba and Sr were prepared at around 1000 K and N2 pressure below about 10 MPa. Crystal growth of a binary nitride GaN by heating Ga and N2 with Na was also found during the studies of the multinary compounds. AlN powder was prepared above the Al melting temperature of 932 K. Single crystals of CrN and Mn2N were obtained by heating Cr and Mn with a Na-Ga flux and a Na-In flux, respectively. β-type SiC powder and porous bulks were prepared by reaction of Si and fullerene with Na or Si and amorphous carbon with Na at 1000 K. The role of Na in the formation of the nitrides and silicon carbide is herein discussed.
Papers
  • Jingwen XU, Ki-Ju LEE, Si-Young BECK, Seok-Jae HA, Bong-Cheol SHIN, My ...
    2009 年 117 巻 1369 号 p. 1028-1031
    発行日: 2009年
    公開日: 2009/09/01
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    AlN-hBN ceramic composites with 3 mass% CaF2 were fabricated by spark plasma sintering at 1800°C for 10 min. The effects of hBN content on mechanical properties, microstructure, and machinability of AlN-hBN composites were investigated. With increasing hBN content, relative density, flexural strength, and Young's modulus decreased, whereas fracture toughness increased slightly. Vickers' indentation cracks are largely deflected near hBN platelets, implying a weak interfacial bond between the AlN and the hBN. The fracture surfaces of AlN-hBN composites showed a higher tendency of intergranular fracture than monolithic AlN. During end-milling processes, the cutting resistance decreased with hBN content, demonstrating the machinability of AlN ceramic can be improved significantly by the addition of hBN.
  • Joo-Nam KIM, Yun-Soo CHOI, Byung-Eun PARK
    2009 年 117 巻 1369 号 p. 1032-1034
    発行日: 2009年
    公開日: 2009/09/01
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    The metal-ferroelectric-metal-insulator-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MFMIS-FET) using the (Bi,La)4Ti3O12 (BLT) as a ferroelectric and SrTa2O6 (STA) as a buffer layer is prepared. The Au/STA/Si structure shows about 1 nF/cm2 of the accumulation capacitance value which is equivalent to about 6.2 nm of SiO2. The leakage current density is lower than 107 A/cm2 under 5 V. The remanent polarization of the 420 nm-thick BLT film was 35.2 μC/cm2 at 450 kV/cm. The MFMIS-FET was fabricated with different area ratio (AI/AF) from 1 to 8. From the drain current-gate voltage characteristics at the drain voltage of 0.2 V, the memory window is only 0.5 V for the device with AI/AF = 1 but it is increased to 1.8 V as the AI/AF is increased to 8. For the AI/AF ratio of 8, the "on" state of the drain current of 1.12 × 10-5 A rapidly drops after 105 s to 2 × 10-6 A and the "off" state current increase from 10-7 A to 10-6 A after 105 s. The on/off current ratio decrease from 3 × 102 to 8.
  • Jong-Hyun IM, Byung-Eun PARK
    2009 年 117 巻 1369 号 p. 1035-1038
    発行日: 2009年
    公開日: 2009/09/01
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    Non-volatile memories using ferroelectric-gate field-effect transistors (Fe-FETs) with metal/ferroelectric/semiconductor gate stack (MFS-FETs) have superior advantages such as non-destructive read operation and high density. However, the interfacial reactions between ferroelectric materials and Si substrates make it difficult to obtain good electrical properties of MFS-FETs. As an alternative solution, Fe-FETs with a metal/ferroelectric/insulator/insulator/semiconductor gate stack (MFIS-FETs) have been proposed. We prepared SrBi2Ta2O9 (SBT) film as a ferroelectric layer and LaZrOx (LZO) film as the insulating buffer layer, and then fabricated the n-channel Fe-FETs with the Au/SBT/LZO/Si structure. The thickness of the LZO buffer layer and SBT film deposited by a sol-gel method were about 35 nm and 450 nm, respectively. From the electrical properties of the LZO film on Si, no hysteresis was observed in the C-V curve and the leakage current density was about 1.4 × 10-7 A/cm2 at 5 V. SBT film on the LZO/Si structure was crystallized in a polycrystalline phase with a highly preferred (115) orientation. The C-V characteristics of Au/SBT/LZO/Si structure showed a clockwise hysteresis loop and the memory window width increased as the bias voltage increased. The fabricated Fe-FETs showed typical n-channel MFIS-FETs C-V characteristics and the current on/off ratio was about 103. Also, the memory window width was about 0.7 V.
  • Ken-ichi SUGIMURA, Kazuhisa HIRAO
    2009 年 117 巻 1369 号 p. 1039-1043
    発行日: 2009年
    公開日: 2009/09/01
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    To increase the film quality of the nickel electrode in a multi-layer ceramic capacitor (MLCC), the BaTiO3 particles are usually used as an additive material in the electrode paste. In this report, we investigated the effects of particle size (30-100 nm) and the amount (10-20% mass ratio to Ni) of BaTiO3 nanoparticle additives on the quality of thin-film Ni electrodes, stated by a dry film density and Ni film coverage after a firing process. The use of 30 nm BaTiO3 particles resulted in a high Ni film coverage larger than 75% using only 10 mass% of BaTiO3 additive in the paste. Using larger particle sizes, a greater amount of BaTiO3 additive was needed in order to obtain the same Ni film coverage. The use of a smaller particle size of BaTiO3 nanoparticles leads to the increase of particle numbers for the same mass, resulting in effective BaTiO3 nanoparticles surrounded on Ni particles. In addition, by decreasing the amount of BaTiO3 additives, the BaTiO3 absorbance by the dielectric layer was reduced, and, consequently, the increasing of dielectric layer thickness could also be minimized.
  • Hoikwan LEE, Mangyu PARK, Wonho KANG
    2009 年 117 巻 1369 号 p. 1044-1047
    発行日: 2009年
    公開日: 2009/09/01
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    The effect of barium ions on K2O-TiO2-SiO2 (KTS) glass soaked in molten Ba(NO3)2 is reported. In the soaking process, the glass surface crystallized into Ba2TiSi2O8 with barium ions derived from the molten solution. The orientation and crystalline phase of the soaked glasses were studied by X-ray diffraction (XRD) for various soaking times and additional heat treatment. The penetration of barium ions into the glass was verified by the direct methods of X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) depth profiling and Scanning electron microscopy-energy dispersive X-ray spectrometer (SEM-EDS). It is suggested that the formation of the surface crystalline layer occurred by the reaction between the barium ions and glass components and the soaking temperature provides enough energy for the crystallization of Ba2TiSi2O8 on the surface.
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  • Hiromichi AONO, Musashi TOMIDA, Yoshihiko SADAOKA
    2009 年 117 巻 1369 号 p. 1048-1051
    発行日: 2009年
    公開日: 2009/09/01
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    The metal nitrates were completely dissolved in a mixed solvent (total 100 ml) of ethylene glycol (EG) (0, 5, 10, 15, 25, and 50 ml) and water, and then dried at 120°C to make precursors for the fine LaFeO3 (0.05 mol) material. The main product was not LaFeO3 for the precursor prepared using the nitrate solution containing a small amount of EG (less than 5 ml). The mixed solution of the 10-15 ml EG with water was suitable for the preparation of 0.05 mol LaFeO3. In this case, clear XRD peaks of LaFeO3 single phase were obtained by the calcination even at 350°C using this method. The higher calcination temperature for the formation of the LaFeO3 phase was needed due to the increased EG amount in the solvent. The particle size was ca. 40 nm for the (EG 10 ml) samples calcined at 350-600°C and it increased with an increase in the calcining temperature.
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