PbZr0.65Ti0.35O3 and Pb0.91La0.09Zr0.65Ti0.35O3 thin films with thickness o
f around 100 nm were prepared by the chemical solution deposition technique
on Si (100) substrate. Complex metal alkoxide precursors were synthesized
by alcoholisis and alcohol exchange reactions starting from metallorganics
compounds. NMR spectroscopic techniques, H-1 and C-13, and FTIR analysis we
re used to study the arrangement of the metals and oxygen in the precursor
molecules. The films were deposited on Si (100) by spin coating technique a
nd thermal treated by Rapid Thermal Processing for film crystallization. Th
e thermal evolution and structural characterization were performed by DTA-T
G/FTIR and by glazing incidence XRD and XRD powder. A PLZT powder with a we
ll-crystallized perovskite structure was obtained at 700 degreesC free of p
yrochlore phase whereas the PLZT film exhibits a distorted perovskite struc
ture and residual pyrochlore. The PZT films were less crystallized. The sil
icon substrate affects the crystal structure of the film. The residual acet
ylacetonate groups in the precursor of PLZT, would reduce the clustering of
Zirconium species.