Published April 1, 2007 | Version v1
Journal article

Conducting grain boundaries in the high-dielectric-constant ceramic CaCu3Ti4O12

  • 1. Department of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093 (China)
  • 2. National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093 (China)

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To clarify the electrical property of grain boundaries, the fine-grained ceramics CaCu3Ti4O12 have been treated with the hydrofluoric acid to remove the parts of grain boundaries. The dielectric response difference between the etched samples and the pristine ones indicates that the ceramic CaCu3Ti4O12 consists of insulating or semiconducting grains with conducting grain boundaries. Therefore, the giant dielectric phenomenon is supposed not to derive from the grain boundary barrier layer capacitance effect. The possible mechanism is discussed

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Journal Title
Journal of Applied Physics
Journal Volume
101
Journal Issue
7
Journal Page Range
p. 074101-074101.4
ISSN
0021-8979
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(c) 2007 American Institute of Physics