摘要 |
<p>A piezoelectric device (1) having a piezoelectric film (13) formed over a substrate (11) through an electrode (12) by vapor phase deposition using plasma, and constituted by columnar crystals (17) of one or more perovskite oxides Pb(Ti x , Zr y , M z )O 3 (0<x<1, 0<y<1, 0‰¤z<1, x+y+z=1) which extend nonparallel to the substrate. M represents one or more of Sn, Nb, Ta, Mo, W, Ir, Os, Pd, Pt, Re, Mn, Co, Ni, V, and Fe. The maximum diameters (D) of the end faces (17s) of the columnar crystals are distributed from a value not exceeding 100 nm to a value of 500 nm or greater. The arithmetic average surface roughness of the columnar film is 10 nm or smaller, 20% or more of the columnar crystals have the maximum diameters not exceeding 100 nm, and 5% or more of the columnar crystals have the maximum diameters of 500 nm or greater.</p> |