PEROVSKITE-TYPE OXIDE SINGLE CRYSTAL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, COMPOSITE PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIAL, PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATOR, ULTRASONIC PROBE, AND ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS

摘要

A method of manufacturing a perovskite-type oxide single crystal having a desired composition and exhibiting excellent properties. The method includes the steps of: (a) forming a precursor of a perovskite-type oxide, at least a part of which is in an amorphous state, on a seed single crystal substrate to prepare a complex of the seed single crystal and the precursor, and (b) heat-treating the complex to induce solid phase epitaxy in the precursor, and thereby, forming a single crystal of the perovskite-type oxide.