Published December 8, 2014 | Version v1
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Phase coexistence and transformations in field-cooled ternary piezoelectric single crystals near the morphotropic phase boundary

Creators

  • 1. Materials Science and Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061 (United States)
  • 2. Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 215 Chengbei Road, Jiading, Shanghai 201800 (China)

Description

Structural phase transformations in (100)-oriented Pb(In1/2Nb1/2)O3-Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-PbTiO3 single crystals have been investigated by X-ray diffraction. A cubic (C) → tetragonal (T) → monoclinic-C (MC) transformation sequence was observed in the field-cooled condition. Two phase coexistence regions of C + T and T + MC were found. In addition to an increase in the C → T phase transition temperature and a decrease of the T → MC one, a broadening of the coexistence regions was also found with increasing field. This broadening can be explained by the presence of polar nano regions within the C, T, and MC phase regions

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1063/1.4903476;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Applied Physics Letters
Journal Volume
105
Journal Issue
23
Journal Page Range
p. 232901-232901.5
ISSN
0003-6951
CODEN
APPLAB

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
46101184
Subject category
S75: CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY;
Descriptors DEI
LEAD COMPOUNDS; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; MONOCLINIC LATTICES; MONOCRYSTALS; NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; PHASE STABILITY; PHASE STUDIES; PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; TITANATES; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Descriptors DEC
ALKALINE EARTH METAL COMPOUNDS; COHERENT SCATTERING; CRYSTAL LATTICES; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALS; DIFFRACTION; ELECTRICITY; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; REFRACTORY METAL COMPOUNDS; SCATTERING; STABILITY; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL LATTICES; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS; TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS

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