There is disclosed a piezoelectric/electrostrictive device made of piezoelectric/electrostrictive
film which includes: a substrate section; and an operation section disposed on
the substrate section and constituted of a piezoelectric/electrostrictive film
and an electrode film and which operates by displacement of the operation section.
The operation section comprises the piezoelectric/electrostrictive films and electrode
films alternately laminated so that uppermost and lowermost layers form the electrode
films, the operation and substrate sections are integrally fired, and the substrate
section is constituted of a ceramic which contains a titanium element. For the
piezoelectric/electrostrictive device made of piezoelectric/electrostrictive film,
a residual stress after firing hardly exists, therefore larger displacement is
obtained with the same driving voltage, response speed is higher, and generation
force is larger.