Recent progress in relaxor ferroelectrics with perovskite structure

AA Bokov, ZG Ye - Journal of materials science, 2006 - Springer
Relaxor ferroelectrics were discovered almost 50 years ago among the complex oxides with
perovskite structure. In recent years this field of research has experienced a revival of …

Relaxing with relaxors: a review of relaxor ferroelectrics

RA Cowley, SN Gvasaliya, SG Lushnikov… - Advances in …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Relaxor ferroelectrics were discovered in the 1950s but many of their properties are not
understood. In this review, we shall concentrate on materials such as PMN …

The relation of local order to material properties in relaxor ferroelectrics

MJ Krogstad, PM Gehring, S Rosenkranz, R Osborn… - Nature materials, 2018 - nature.com
Correlating electromechanical and dielectric properties with nanometre-scale order is the
defining challenge for the development of piezoelectric oxides. Current lead (Pb)-based …

Picturing the elephant: Giant piezoelectric activity and the monoclinic phases of relaxor-ferroelectric single crystals

M Davis - Journal of Electroceramics, 2007 - Springer
Understanding the relationship between the structure and “giant” piezoelectric properties of
relaxor ferroelectric solid solutions (1–x) Pb (Mg 1/3 Nb 2/3) O 3–x PbTiO 3 [PMN–x PT] and …

Reassessment of the Burns temperature and its relationship to the diffuse scattering, lattice dynamics, and thermal expansion in relaxor

PM Gehring, H Hiraka, C Stock, SH Lee, W Chen… - Physical Review B …, 2009 - APS
We have used neutron scattering techniques that probe time scales from 10− 12 to 10− 9 s
to characterize the diffuse scattering and low-energy lattice dynamics in single crystals of the …

Local phenomena of single crystals studied by Raman scattering

A Slodczyk, P Daniel, A Kania - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter and …, 2008 - APS
The study of (1− x) PbMg 1/3 Nb 2/3 O 3-x PbTiO 3 (PMN-PT) single crystals where x is 0,
0.09, 0.21, 0.28, 0.32, 0.35, and 0.38 was carried out with the use of x-ray, dielectric, and …

Anomalous influence of grain size on the global structure, ferroelectric and piezoelectric response of Na0. 5Bi0. 5TiO3

DK Khatua, T Mehrotra, A Mishra, B Majumdar… - Acta materialia, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Na 0.5 Bi 0.5 TiO 3 (NBT) based lead-free piezoelectrics have received significant
attention in the last few years for their anomalous high-field electrostrain response. The …

Lead-free and lead-based O perovskite relaxors with mixed-valence -site and -site disorder: Comparative neutron scattering structural study of (NaBi)TiO and Pb …

W Ge, CP Devreugd, D Phelan, Q Zhang, M Ahart… - Physical Review B …, 2013 - APS
We report the results of neutron elastic-scattering measurements made between− 250° C
and 620° C on the lead-free relaxor (Na 1/2 Bi 1/2) TiO 3 (NBT). Strong, anisotropic, elastic …

Neutron and x-ray scattering studies of relaxors

K Hirota, S Wakimoto, D E. Cox - Journal of the Physical Society of …, 2006 - journals.jps.jp
The extensive and wide-ranging neutron and x-ray scattering studies of relaxors carried out
by Gen Shirane and his collaborators are reviewed. Among the many results they have …

Composition dependence of the diffuse scattering in the relaxor ferroelectric compound (1− x) Pb (Mg 1∕ 3 Nb 2∕ 3) O 3− x PbTiO 3 (0≤ x≤ 0.40)

M Matsuura, K Hirota, PM Gehring, ZG Ye, W Chen… - Physical Review B …, 2006 - APS
We have used neutron diffraction to characterize the diffuse scattering in five single crystals
of the relaxor ferroelectric (1− x) Pb (Mg 1∕ 3 Nb 2∕ 3) O 3− x PbTiO 3 (PMN-x PT) with x …