Advances in multifunctional materials and systems II : a collection of papers presented at the 10th Pacific Rim Conference on Ceramic and Glass Technology, June 2-6, 2012, Coronado, California

Contains a collection of papers from the below symposia held during the 10th Pacific Rim Conference on Ceramic and Glass Technology (PacRim10), June 2-7,2013, in Coronado, California 2012: • Advances in Electroceramics • Microwave Materials and Their Applications • Oxide Materials for Nonvolatile Memory Technology and Applications Cover 1 Title Page 5 Copyright Page 6 Contents 7 Preface 9 ADVANCES IN ELECTROCERAMICS 11 Pyroelectric Performances of Relaxor-Based Ferroelectric Single Crystals and their Applications in Infrared Detectors 13 ABSTRACT 13 INTRODUCTION 13 EXPERIMENTS AND RESULTS 14 (1) Growth and Properties of Single Crystals 14 (2) Physical Model and Performance Simulation of Devices 18 (3) Detector Design and Measurement 20 CONCLUSION 23 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 23 FOOTNOTES 23 REFERENCES 23 Formation of Tough Foundation Layer for Electrical Plating on Insulator using Aerosol Deposition Method of Cu-Al2O3 Mixed Powder 27 ABSTRACT 27 INTRODUCTION 27 EXPERIMENTAL SETUP 27 RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS 29 CONCLUSION 32 REFERENCES 32 Formation and Electromagnetic Properties of 0.1 BTO/0.9NZFO Ceramic Composite with High Density Prepared by Three-Step Sintering Method 33 ABSTRACT 33 INTRODUCTION 33 EXPERIMENTAL 34 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 35 CONCLUSIONS 43 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 43 REFERENCES 43 MICROWAVE MATERIALS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS 45 Thin Glass Characterization in the Radio Frequency Range 47 ABSTRACT 47 INTRODUCTION 47 GLASS CHARACTERIZATION BY RESONATOR METHODS 49 By split cylinder resonator 49 By open resonator 51 GLASS CHARACTERIZATION BY WAVEGUIDE METHODS 53 DISCUSSION OF RESULTS 57 CONCLUSION 58 REFERENCES 59 Formation of Silver Nano Particles in Percolative Ag-PbTiO3 Composite Dielectric Thin Film 61 ABSTRACT 61 INTRODUCTION 61 EXPERIMENTAL 62 RESULTS 62 DISCUSSION 65 CONCLUSIONS 72 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 72 REFERENCES 72 Software for Calculating Permittivity of Resonators: HakCol & ErCalc 75 ABSTRACT 75 INTRODUCTION 75 Resonators in free space 75 Parallel-plate dielectric-post method 76 Shielded resonator in dielectric-rod waveguide 77 CALCULATIONS 79 Shielded resonator in dielectric-rod waveguide (ErCalc) 82 CONCLUSION 85 REFERENCES 85 Effects of MgO Additive on Structural, Dielectric Properties and Breakdown Strength of Mg2TiO4 Ceramics Doped with ZnO-B2O3 Glass 87 ABSTRACT 87 1. INTRODUCTION 87 2. EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE 88 3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 89 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 95 REFERENCES 95 Design of Microwave Dielectrics Based on Crystallography 97 ABSTRACT 97 INTRODUCTION 97 EXPERIMENTAL 98 RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS 98 I) High Q 98 1-1) (a) High Q by compositional ordering 98 (b) Design more compositional ordering on the pseudo-tungstenbronze compounds 99 1-2) High Q by high symmetry 99 1-3) High Q by perfect crystal structure 101 II) Dielectric constant ɛr 104 Ill) Temperature coefficient of resonant frequency (TCf) 106 SUMMARY 107 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 107 REFERENCES 108 OXIDE MATERIALS FOR NONVOLATILE MEMORY TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS 111 Stable Resistive Switching Characteristics of Al2O3 Layers Inserted in HfO2 Based RRAM Devices 113 ABSTRACT 113 INTRODUCTION 113 EXPERIMENTS 114 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 114 CONCLUSION 118 REFERENCES 118 Improvement of Resistive Switching Properties of Ti/ZrO2/Pt with Embedded Germanium 121 ABSTRACT 121 INTRODUCTION 121 DEVICE FABRICATION 121 THE FORMING AND THE SET/RESET VOLTAGE COMPARISON 122 SWITCHING PERFORMANCE AND RELIABILITY TEST 123 CURVE FITTING DURING SET/RESET PROCESS 124 CONCLUSION 126 REFERENCES 126 Nonvolatile Memories Using Single Electron Tunneling Effects in Si Quantum Dots Inside Tunnel Silicon Oxide 127 ABSTRACT 127 SINGLE ELECTRON TUNNELING 127 SI QUANTOM DOTS INSIDE TUNNEL SI OXIDE 128 SUB-10NM MEMORY DEVICE 129 CONCLUSION 129 REFERENCES 130 Resistive Switching and Rectification Characteristics with CoO/ZrO2 Double Layers 133 ABSTRACT 133 INTRODUCTION 133 UNIPOLAR SWITCHING BEHAVIOR OF DOUBLE LAYERS DEVICE 134 RECTIFIED PROPERTIES OF OXIDE DIODE 135 CONCLUSION 136 REFERENCES 136 Research Of Nano-Scaled Transition Metal Oxide Resistive Non-Volatile Memory (R-RAM) 139 ABSTRACT 139 INTRODUCTION 139 EXPERIMENTS AND RESULTS 139 Thermal Stability 142 Reversible Operation Window 143 Possible Mechanism 143 SCALING LIMITATION OF TRANSITION METAL OXIDE R-RAM 144 CONCLUSION 144 ACKNOWLEDGMENT 144 REFERENCES 144 Author Index 147 Content: Advances in electroceramics Pyroelectric performances of relaxor-based ferroelectric single crystals and their applications in infrared detectors / Long Li, Haosu Luo, Xiangyong Zhao, Xiaobing Li, Bo Ren, Qing Xu, and Wenning Di Formation of tough foundation layer for electrical plating on insulator using aerosol deposition method of Cu-Al2O3 mixed powder / Naoki Seto, Shingo Hirose, Hiroki Tsuda and Jun Akedo Formation and electromagnetic properties of 0.1BTO/0.9NZFO ceramic composite with high density prepared by three-step sintering method / Bin Xiao, Juncong Wang, Ning Ma, and Piyi Du -- Microwave materials and their applications Thin glass characterization in the radio frequency range / Alfred Ebberg [and 11 others] Formation of silver nano particles in percolative Ag-PbTiO3 composite dielectric thin film / Tao Hu, Zongrong Wang, Liwen Tang, Ning Ma, and Piyi Du Software for calculating permittivity of resonators: HakCol & ErCalc / Rick Ubic Effects of MgO additive on structural, dielectric properties and breakdown strength of Mg2TiO4 ceramics doped with ZnO-B2O3 glass / Xiaohong Wang, Mengjie Wang, Zhaoqiang Li, and Wenzhong Lu Design of microwave dielectrics based on crystallography / Hitoshi Ohsato -- Oxide materials for nonvolatile memory technology and applications Stable resistive switching characteristics of Al2O3 layers inserted in HfO2 based RRAM devices / Chun-Yang Huang, Jheng-Hong Jieng, and Tseung-Yuen Tseng Improvement of resistive switching properties of Ti/ZrO2/Pt with embedded germanium / Chun-An Lin, Debashis Panda, and Tseung-Yuen Tseng Nonvolatile memories using single electron tunneling effects in Si quantum dots inside tunnel silicon oxide / Ryuji Ohba Resistive switching and rectification characteristics with CoO/ZrO2 double layers / Tsung-Ling Tsai, Jia-Woel Wu, and Tseng-Yuen Tseng Research of nano-scaled transition metal oxide resistive non-volatile memory (R-RAM) / ChiaHua Ho [and 14 others]. A collection of papers from a symposia that was held during the 10th Pacific Rim Conference on Ceramic and Glass Technology (PacRim10), June 2-7,2013, in Coronado, California 2012. It includes: Advances in Electroceramics; Microwave Materials and Their Applications; and, Oxide Materials for Nonvolatile Memory Technology and Applications.