Bake/anneal temperature and time is really critical. I guess you use two coats. What is your process in detail? You should cool down samples very slowly after baking. Tolga On 9/19/05, Rajib mukherjeewrote: > > Hi all, > > I have a PZT/PT/Pt/Ti/SiO2/Si layer sequence.I need to test the > piezoelectric/ferroelectric nature of the film.Is there any method to poll > and test the layer without depositing the top electrode? and can anyone > suggest how the C-V curves will look like for this since the P-E curves > are > hard to obtain with a keithley measurement system. And I have a lot of > surface cracks on my PZT layer deposited by solgel after annealing (using > the F2 mitsubishi precursor solution). If somebody suggests a solution for > these problems it will be greatly appreciated.