Structural and optical properties of laser deposited ferroelectric (Sr0.2Ba0.8)TiO3 thin films J. Appl. Phys. 79, 7965 (1996); 10.1063/1.362346Structural and dielectric studies of Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-PbTiO3 ferroelectric solid solutions around the morphotropic boundary J. Appl. Phys. 79, 4291 (1996) Polycrystalline Bi 4 Ti 3 O 12 thin films having layered perovskite structure were fabricated by metalorganic solution deposition technique on both Pt-coated Si and bare Si substrates at a temperature as low as 500°C. The effects of post-deposition rapid thermal annealing on the structural and electrical properties were analyzed. The electrical measurements were conducted on metal-ferroelectric-metal capacitors. The typical measured small signal dielectric constant and dissipation factor at 100 kHz were 184 and 0.018 and the remanent polarization and the coercive field were 4.4 C/cm 2 and 84 kV/cm, respectively. The films exhibited high resistivity in the range 10 8 -10 12 ⍀ cm for films annealed at temperatures of 500-700°C for 10 s. The I -V characteristics were found to be Ohmic at low fields and space-charge-limited at high fields. A V 3/2 dependence of the current was observed in the space-charge region. This could be explained by assuming the mobility to be field dependent since in thin films the electric fields are invariably high even at low applied voltages.