Features of electronic images of spherulitic islands in thin PZT films

V. P. Pronin^a, M. V. Staritsyn^b, E. Yu. Kaptelov^c, S. V. Senkevich^c, I. P. Pronin<sup>c

a</sup> Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia, St. Petersburg, Russia
^b Prometei Central Research Institute of Structural Materials, St. Petersburg, Russia
^c Ioffe Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia

Abstract: In thin films of lead zirconate titanate (PZT), obtained by two-stage radio-frequency magnetron sputtering, unusual electronic images were discovered – Kikuchi channeling lines obtained in the backscattered electron mode. The reasons for the appearance of such images in spherulite crystals are discussed.

Keywords: thin films of lead zirconate titanate, spherulitic microstructure, scanning electron microscopy, Kikuchi channeling lines.

Received: 29.07.2024
Revised: 18.10.2024
Accepted: 27.10.2024

DOI: 10.61011/PJTF.2025.05.59894.20073

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