[HTML][HTML] Lead-free piezoceramics–Where to move on?

CH Hong, HP Kim, BY Choi, HS Han, JS Son… - Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Lead-free piezoceramics aiming at replacing the market-dominant lead-based ones have
been extensively searched for more than a decade worldwide. Some noteworthy outcomes …

Defects in poly (vinylidene fluoride)-based ferroelectric polymers from a molecular perspective

Y Liu, X Chen, Z Han, H Zhou, Q Wang - Applied Physics Reviews, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
As the most intensively investigated ferroelectric polymers, poly (vinylidene fluoride) and its
co-/ter-polymers enable major breakthroughs in a wide range of applications. Since defects …

Slush-like polar structures in single-crystal relaxors

H Takenaka, I Grinberg, S Liu, AM Rappe - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Despite more than 50 years of investigation, it is still unclear how the underlying structure of
relaxor ferroelectrics gives rise to their defining properties, such as ultrahigh piezoelectric …

The missing boundary in the phase diagram of PbZr1−xTixO3

N Zhang, H Yokota, AM Glazer, Z Ren, DA Keen… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Abstract PbZr1− xTixO3 (PZT) is one of the most important and widely used piezoelectric
materials. The study of its local and average structures is of fundamental importance in …

Relaxor-ferroelectric transitions: Sodium bismuth titanate derivatives

AR Paterson, H Nagata, X Tan, JE Daniels… - MRS …, 2018 - cambridge.org
Sodium bismuth titanate (NBT) and its solid solutions with other ABO3 perovskites are of
great interest for lead-free ferroelectric and piezoelectric applications. In this article, we …

Role of random electric fields in relaxors

D Phelan, C Stock… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
PbZr1–x Ti x O3 (PZT) and Pb (Mg1/3Nb2/3) 1–x Ti x O3 (PMN-x PT) are complex lead-
oxide perovskites that display exceptional piezoelectric properties for pseudorhombohedral …

Ferroelectric-like metallic state in electron doped BaTiO3

J Fujioka, A Doi, D Okuyama, D Morikawa, T Arima… - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
We report that a ferroelectric-like metallic state with reduced anisotropy of polarization is
created by the do** of conduction electrons into BaTiO3, on the bases of x-ray/electron …

Elastic properties and enhanced piezoelectric response at morphotropic phase boundaries

F Cordero - Materials, 2015 - mdpi.com
The search for improved piezoelectric materials is based on the morphotropic phase
boundaries (MPB) between ferroelectric phases with different crystal symmetry and …

Morphotropic Phase Boundaries in Ferromagnets: Alloys

R Bergstrom Jr, M Wuttig, J Cullen, P Zavalij, R Briber… - Physical review …, 2013 - APS
The structure and properties of the ferromagnet Tb 1-x Dy x Fe 2 are explored through the
morphotropic phase boundary (MPB) separating ferroic phases of differing symmetry. Our …

Monoclinic domain populations and enhancement of piezoelectric properties in a PZT single crystal at the morphotropic phase boundary

K Roleder, A Majchrowski, I Lazar, RW Whatmore… - Physical Review B, 2022 - APS
The origin of the strong piezoelectric phenomenon in Pb Zr 1− x Ti x O 3 (PZT) perovskites
still suffers from a lack of complete understanding. It concerns the distinction between the …