Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 February 2011
The phase transition of non ferroelectric pyrochlore to ferroelectric perovskite in CaBi4Ti4O15 thin films depended on matching of the atomic arrangements in platinum bottom electrodes to the Ca-Bi-Ti-O thin films. CaBi4Ti4O15 thin films crystallized on (200)-oriented platinum at 650°C showed c-axis orientation. In contrast, thin films randomly crystallized on highly crystalline (111)-oriented platinum at the same temperature contained pyrochlore phase and showed P-V hysteresis loops. The ferroelectric properties improved with the degrees of (h00) orientation.