UV-activated seed strategy for promoting textured colossal grain growth in templated ceramic processing

Dong Gyu Lee; Seung Hyeon Kong; Yi Yeon Kim; Seung Bum Kim; Iman M. Imani; Hyun Soo Kim; Jeong Min Baik; Heemin Kang; Sahn Nahm; Sunghoon Hur; Yongke Yan; Sangtae Kim; Kyung Hoon Cho; Hyun Cheol Song

doi:10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2025.117851

UV-activated seed strategy for promoting textured colossal grain growth in templated ceramic processing

Dong Gyu Lee, Seung Hyeon Kong, Yi Yeon Kim, Seung Bum Kim, Iman M. Imani, Hyun Soo Kim, Jeong Min Baik, Heemin Kang, Sahn Nahm, Sunghoon Hur, Yongke Yan, Sangtae Kim, Kyung Hoon Cho, Hyun Cheol Song

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Abstract

Templated Grain Growth (TGG) is a method of growing a matrix using crystallographically oriented seeds, allowing the manipulation of growth behavior by controlling their interfaces. We explore the surface treatment of seeds to enhance the piezoelectric properties of ceramics, focusing on 0.675Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O₃-0.325PbTiO₃ (PMN-32.5PT) and BaTiO₃ (BT) seeds. Employing Ultra-Violet (UV) light treatment on BT seeds promotes grain growth around them, a method termed UV-TGG. Notably, this technique leads to substantial grain enlargement and an increase in the piezoelectric constant, all achieved without altering the composition of the seed or matrix materials. When using UV-TGG, there was a 140 % improvement in the d₃₃×g₃₃ value, which was 33.2 pm²/N compared to the conventional TGG's value of 23.7 pm²/N. The UV-TGG introduces an easy way to elevate ceramic performance and facilitate material design without altering composition.

Original language	English
Article number	117851
Journal	Journal of the European Ceramic Society
Volume	46
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2025.117851
State	Published - Mar 2026

Keywords

Interface engineering
Piezoelectric ceramics
Templated grain growth (TGG)
Texturing
Ultraviolet treatment

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Lee, D. G., Kong, S. H., Kim, Y. Y., Kim, S. B., Imani, I. M., Kim, H. S., Baik, J. M., Kang, H., Nahm, S., Hur, S., Yan, Y., Kim, S., Cho, K. H., & Song, H. C. (2026). UV-activated seed strategy for promoting textured colossal grain growth in templated ceramic processing. Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 46(3), Article 117851. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2025.117851

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UV-activated seed strategy for promoting textured colossal grain growth in templated ceramic processing

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