Published June 2009 | Version v1
Journal article

Dielectric investigations in Sr0.75Ba0.25Nb2O6 relaxor ferroelectric thin films

  • 1. Universidade Estadual de Maringa, Grupo de Desenvolvimento de Dispositivos Multifuncionais, Departamento de Fisica, Maringa, PR (Brazil)
  • 2. Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos, Grupo de Ceramicas Ferroeletricas, Departamento de Fisica, Sao Carlos, SP (Brazil)
  • 3. Universidade Federal de Uberlandia, Grupo de Ferroeletricos e Materiais Multifuncionais, Instituto de Fisica, Uberlandia, MG (Brazil)
  • 4. Universidade Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho, Grupo de Ferroeletricos e Novos Materiais, Departamento de Fisica e Quimica, Ilha Solteira, SP (Brazil)

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The dielectric properties of Sr0.75Ba0.25Nb2O6 relaxor ferroelectric thin films were carefully analyzed. In contrast to bulk samples which present three distinct dielectric relaxation phenomena Sr0.75Ba0.25Nb2O6 thin films present only two of them. The suppression of the third anomaly can be mainly attributed to the narrow grain size distribution of nanograins and weak tensile strains imposed to the film from the substrate. The whole set of results point to the interpretation of a dielectric response characteristic of mesoscopic structure, which is composed of clusters and nanodomains. (orig.)

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Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00339-008-5060-7

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Journal Title
Applied Physics. A, Materials Science and Processing
Journal Volume
95
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 757-760
ISSN
0947-8396
CODEN
APAMFC