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Nanocrystalline CaCu3Ti4O12 powders prepared by egg white solution route: synthesis, characterization and its giant dielectric properties

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Nanocrystalline CaCu3Ti4O12 powders with particle sizes of 50–90 nm were synthesized by a simple method using Ca(NO3)2·4H2O, Cu(NO3)2·4H2O, titanium(diisoproproxide) bis(2,4-pentanedionate) and freshly extracted egg white (ovalbumin) in aqueous medium. The synthesized precursor was characterized by TG-DTA to determine the thermal decomposition and crystallization temperature which was found to be at above 400 °C. The precursor was calcined at 700 and 800 °C in air for 8 h to obtain nanocrystalline powders of CaCu3Ti4O12. The calcined CaCu3Ti4O12 powders were characterized by XRD, FTIR, SEM and TEM. Sintering of the powders was conducted in air at 1100 °C for 16 h. The XRD results indicated that all sintered samples have a typical perovskite CaCu3Ti4O12 structure and a small amount of CuO, although the sintered sample of the 700 °C calcined powders contained some amount of CaTiO3. SEM micrographs showed the average grain sizes of 12.0±7.8 and 15.5±8.9 μm for the sintered CaCu3Ti4O12 ceramics prepared using the CaCu3Ti4O12 powders calcined at 700 and 800 °C, respectively. The sintered samples exhibit a giant dielectric constant, ε′ of ∼ 1.5–5×104. The dielectric behavior of both samples exhibits Debye-like relaxation, and can be explained based on a Maxwell–Wagner model.

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  1. Small & Strong Materials Group (SSMG), Department of Physics, and Integrated Nanotechnology Research Center (INRC), Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, 40002, Thailand

    C. Masingboon & S. Maensiri

  2. National Metals and Materials Technology Center (MTEC), Thailand Science Park, Pathumthani, 12120, Thailand

    T. Yamwong

  3. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721, USA

    P.L. Anderson & S. Seraphin

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Masingboon, C., Maensiri, S., Yamwong, T. et al. Nanocrystalline CaCu3Ti4O12 powders prepared by egg white solution route: synthesis, characterization and its giant dielectric properties. Appl. Phys. A 91, 87–95 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-007-4363-4

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