Complete Stress-Induced Depolarization of Relaxor Ferroelectric Crystals Without Transition through a Non-Polar Phase

Author

Sergey I. Shkuratov
Jason Baird, Missouri University of Science and TechnologyFollow
Vladimir G. Antipov
Wesley Hackenberger
Jun Luo
Shujun Zhang
Christopher S. Lynch
Jay B. Chase
Hwan R. Jo
Christopher C. Roberts

Abstract

The development of relaxer ferroelectric single crystal technology is driven by the ability to tailor ferroelectric properties through domain engineering not achievable in polycrystalline materials. In this study, three types of domain-engineered rhombohedral Pb (In_1/2Nb_1/2) O₃-Pb (Mg_1/3Nb_2/3) O₃-PbTiO₃ crystals were subjected to transverse high strain rate loading. The experimental results indicate that the domain configuration has a significant effect on the stress-induced depolarization and the associated charge released. A complete depolarization of the single-domain crystals with 3m symmetry is observed, while multidomain crystals with 4mm and mm2 symmetries retain a fraction of their initial remanent polarization. The complete depolarization of single-domain crystals is unique without transition to a non-polar phase, with a stress-induced charge density of 0.48 C/m2. This is up to three times higher than that of the multidomain crystals and PbZrxTi_1-xO₃ ferroelectric ceramics that are critical for ultrahigh-power transducer applications. The main offering of this work is to propose a detailed mechanism for complete stress-induced depolarization in ferroelectric crystals which does not involve an intermediate transformation to a non-polar phase.

Recommended Citation

S. I. Shkuratov and J. Baird and V. G. Antipov and W. Hackenberger and J. Luo and S. Zhang and C. S. Lynch and J. B. Chase and H. R. Jo and C. C. Roberts, "Complete Stress-Induced Depolarization of Relaxor Ferroelectric Crystals Without Transition through a Non-Polar Phase," Applied Physics Letters, vol. 112, no. 12, article no. 122903, American Institute of Physics, Mar 2018.

The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5019593

Department(s)

Mining Engineering

Publication Status

Available Access

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

0003-6951

Document Type

Article - Journal

Document Version

Final Version

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text

Language(s)

English

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Publication Date

19 Mar 2018