Glass and glass ceramic materials obtained by pulsed laser deposition in the BaO-TiO2-B2O3 system

We obtained glasses by using the classical method of melting in an electric furnace at 1100-1450 °C for 2 h. The obtained samples were characterized by differential thermal analyses and X-ray diffraction. By controlled thermal treatments the samples were crystallized. BaTiO3 and other barium polititanates were identified. The thin layers were obtained by pulsed laser deposition and magnetron sputtering deposition. By controlled thermal treatments the glasses were transformed to partial and full crystalline materials. Atomic Force Microscopy and Electron Microscopy were used to characterize the materials.