SYNTHESIS OF SINGLE-CRYSTAL BARIUM TITANIUM ISOPROPOXIDE COMPLEX TO FORM BARIUM-TITANATE

Single-crystal barium titanate double alkoxide complex with a composit ion presumed to be BaTi(OCH(CH3)(2))(6) chi C6H6 was successfully synt hesized in this work. The crystal was converted to BaTiO3 at 100 degre es C. The preparation of the oxides via single crystals of metal alkox ides has some advantages over the well-known sol-gel method in that it results in oxides with well-defined and homogeneous compositions at t he atomic level and in fine particle sizes, smaller than 50 nm.