Synthesis and dielectric properties of the lase sintered Ba1-xCaxTiO3 (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.30) nanostructured ceramics / Síntese e propriedades dielétricas de cerâmicas nanoestruturadas de Ba1xCaxTiO3 (0 menor igual x menor igual 0.30) sinterizadas a laser

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2006

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Ba1-xCaxTiO3 (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.30) nanocrystalline powders were successfully synthesized for the first time at relative low temperature (500 °C) by a modified polymeric precursor method. The densification of the ceramics was made by two distinct techniques: conventional sintering using an electric furnace; and by a laser sintering process in which a CO2 laser is used as the main heating source. It was achieved dense ceramics with an average grain size about 500 nm from both techniques. However, the laser sintered ceramics presented a higher relative density (99 %) and a transparency of 42% at 940 nm in the sample with 30 mol% of Ca. By numerical simulation of the thermal conduction equation on the linear approximation case and taking account a thermal source with a gaussian profile, it was possible to describe qualitatively the final stage of the laser sintering process. The dielectric characterization of the ceramic bodies were carried out by the impedance spectroscopy technique and three main effects were studied: i) the grain size effect; ii) the Ca concentration influence; and, iii) the sintering technique influence. Modifying the grain size led to changes in the ferro-paraelectric transition magnitude, on the Curie temperature value and in the relative permittivity at room temperature. For Ca2+ concentrations up to 15 mol% the sintered ceramics presented a sharp Curie transition like BaTiO3,while for higher Ca concentrations a diffuse phase transition was observed. The laser sintered ceramics presented a dielectric constant 30% higher than the conventional sintering and a lower dielectric loss. Finally, we have proposed a model based on the oxygen vacancies formation to explain the conductivity increase with the Ca2+ substitution.

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nanocerâmics ferroelectric. espectroscopia de impedância lase sintering pechini sinterização a laser titanato de bário e cálcio pechini dieletric barium calcium titanate ferroelétrico dielétrico impedance spectroscopy nanocerâmicas

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