Potassium–sodium niobate lead-free piezoelectric materials: past, present, and future of phase boundaries

J Wu, D Xiao, J Zhu - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
High-performance piezoceramics are some of the most important and widely used materials,
and as such research into this topic is at the forefront of high-technology advanced …

Microscopic dynamics in liquid metals: The experimental point of view

T Scopigno, G Ruocco, F Sette - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2005 - APS
The experimental results relevant for the understanding of the microscopic dynamics in
liquid metals are reviewed, with special regard to the ones achieved in the last two decades …

Simultaneously achieving giant piezoelectricity and record coercive field enhancement in relaxor-based ferroelectric crystals

L Yang, H Huang, Z Xi, L Zheng, S Xu, G Tian… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
A large coercive field (EC) and ultrahigh piezoelectricity are essential for ferroelectrics used
in high-drive electromechanical applications. The discovery of relaxor-PbTiO3 crystals is a …

Atomic-resolution electron microscopy of nanoscale local structure in lead-based relaxor ferroelectrics

A Kumar, JN Baker, PC Bowes, MJ Cabral, S Zhang… - Nature materials, 2021 - nature.com
Relaxor ferroelectrics, which can exhibit exceptional electromechanical coupling, are some
of the most important functional materials, with applications ranging from ultrasound imaging …

Emergence of high piezoelectricity from competing local polar order-disorder in relaxor ferroelectrics

H Liu, X Shi, Y Yao, H Luo, Q Li, H Huang, H Qi… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Relaxor ferroelectrics are known for outstanding piezoelectric properties, finding a broad
range of applications in advanced electromechanical devices. Decoding the origins of the …

Reporting excellent transverse piezoelectric and electro‐optic effects in transparent rhombohedral PMN‐PT single crystal by engineered domains

C Deng, L Ye, C He, G Xu, Q Zhai, H Luo… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Transparent ferroelectric crystals with high piezoelectricity are challenging to build because
of their complex structure and disordered domains in rhombohedral relaxor ferroelectrics …

Sintering and Electrical Properties of Lead‐Free Na0.5K0.5NbO3 Piezoelectric Ceramics

R Zuo, J Rödel, R Chen, L Li - Journal of the American Ceramic …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Lead‐free Na0. 5K0. 5NbO3 (NKN) piezoelectric ceramics were fairly well densified at a
relatively low temperature under atmospheric conditions. A relative density of 96%–99% can …

Kinematic approach to the mixed state geometric phase in nonunitary evolution

DM Tong, E Sjöqvist, LC Kwek, CH Oh - Physical review letters, 2004 - APS
Kinematic Approach to the Mixed State Geometric Phase in Nonunitary Evolution Page 1
Kinematic Approach to the Mixed State Geometric Phase in Nonunitary Evolution DM Tong,1 E …

Electric-field-, temperature-, and stress-induced phase transitions in relaxor ferroelectric single crystals

M Davis, D Damjanovic, N Setter - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter and …, 2006 - APS
Electric-field-induced phase transitions have been evidenced by macroscopic strain
measurements at temperatures between 25° C and 100° C in [001] C-poled (1− x) Pb (Mg …

Enhanced ferroelectric and piezoelectric properties of BCT-BZT at the morphotropic phase boundary driven by the coexistence of phases with different symmetries

S Dash, DK Pradhan, S Kumari, Ravikant… - Physical Review B, 2021 - APS
The discovery of lead-free piezoelectric materials is crucial for future information and energy
storage applications. Enhanced piezoelectric and other physical properties are commonly …