Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-10-2006
Journal or Book Title
Applied Physics Letters
Volume
89
Issue
24
First Page
022904
DOI
10.1063/1.2219416
Abstract
Sc doping enhances the B-site 1:1 cation ordering in the Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3ceramic. At low doping levels, the electrical polar domains remain at the nanometer scale and the relaxor ferroelectric behavior persists. The electric field-induced relaxor to normal ferroelectric phase transition process was directly observed with an in situtransmission electron microscopy technique in a Sc-doped Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3 polycrystalline sample. It was found that the phase transition started at the grain boundary and took two steps to complete: the gradual coalescence of the polar nanodomains and the abrupt formation of the large wedge-shaped ferroelectric domains.
Copyright Owner
American Institute of Physics
Copyright Date
2006
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Qu, W.; Zhao, X.; and Tan, Xiaoli, "In situ transmission electron microscopy study of the nanodomain growth in a Sc-doped lead magnesium niobate ceramic" (2006). Materials Science and Engineering Publications. 14.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/mse_pubs/14
Comments
The following article is from Applied Physics Letters 89 (2006): 022904 and may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2219416.