Study on the preferred orientations of nearly cubic PZT particles synthesized by hydrothermal methods using TiCl3 reagent

Various parameters such as gel composition, aging, organic additive, and heating method affected the preferred orientation of nearly cubic PZT particles that were prepared by hydrothermal methods using TiCl3 as a Ti3+ source, at relatively low temperatures of 100–140 °C. The newly found synthetic conditions could be used to develop specially orientated PZT particles, which may be useful in growing oriented films, for example, by electrophoretic deposition.