[HTML][HTML] BaTiO3-based piezoelectrics: Fundamentals, current status, and perspectives

M Acosta, N Novak, V Rojas, S Patel, R Vaish… - Applied Physics …, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
We present a critical review that encompasses the fundamentals and state-of-the-art
knowledge of barium titanate-based piezoelectrics. First, the essential crystallography …

Solid-state crystal growth of lead-free ferroelectrics

P Kabakov, C Dean, V Kurusingal, Z Cheng… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The forecasted restriction of lead containing materials in piezoelectric devices has created
vast interest into the development of alternatives, ie lead-free systems. Since the discovery …

(K, Na) NbO3-based piezoelectric single crystals: Growth methods, properties, and applications

J Koruza, H Liu, M Höfling, MH Zhang… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - cambridge.org
Piezoelectric single crystals based on the perovskite ferroelectric system (K, Na) NbO3 have
been widely investigated over the past 20 years due to large piezoelectric coefficients, high …

Orientation-dependent electromechanical properties of Mn-doped (Li, Na, K)(Nb, Ta) O3 single crystals

H Liu, J Koruza, P Veber, D Rytz, M Maglione… - Applied Physics …, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
Orientation and temperature dependence of dielectric and electromechanical properties of
Mn-doped (Li, Na, K)(Nb, Ta) O 3 single crystals were investigated. Samples exhibited very …

Single crystal growth of BaZrO 3 from the melt at 2700 C using optical floating zone technique and growth prospects from BaB 2 O 4 flux at 1350 C

C Xin, P Veber, M Guennou, C Toulouse, N Valle… - …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
We report the growth of BaZrO3 single crystals by the optical floating zone technique and the
investigation on its flux growth using BaB2O4 as a solvent. 6 mm long colorless and …

[HTML][HTML] Quantitative mapping of nanotwin variants in the bulk

J Schultheiß, L Porz, LK Venkataraman, M Höfling… - Scripta Materialia, 2021 - Elsevier
Crystallographic twins are critical to the properties of numerous materials from magnesium
alloys to piezoelectrics. Since the onset of the twin formation is highly sensitive to the triaxial …

Lead-free piezoelectric crystals grown by the micro-pulling down technique in the BaTiO 3–CaTiO 3–BaZrO 3 system

P Veber, K Bartosiewicz, J Debray, G Alombert-Goget… - …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
BaTiO3-based crystal fibres with mm-sized grains were grown by the micro-pulling down
technique from the BaTiO3–CaTiO3–BaZrO3 solid solution with pulling velocities of about 6 …

Temperature-Dependent Evolution of Crystallographic and Domain Structures in (K,Na,Li)(Ta,Nb)O3 Piezoelectric Single Crystals

H Liu, P Veber, A Zintler, L Molina-Luna… - IEEE transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
(K, Na) NbO 3-based ferroelectric single crystals have recently undergone a substantial
development, resulting in improved crystal quality and large piezoelectric coefficients …

Synthesis, structural, dielectric and domain properties of Al-doped KNbO3 single crystal

VB Korde, NM Patil - Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 2019 - Springer
Single-crystal samples of Al-doped potassium niobate (KNbO 3)[KN] were synthesized by a
high-temperature flux technique. X-ray diffraction analysis of the crystal suggests that a …

Bulk Crystal Growth and Properties of a (K,Na)NbO3 Single Crystal by the Czochralski Method

L Liu, F Yin, G Zhao, M Zhu, Z Jia, X Fu… - Crystal Growth & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Environment-friendly (K, Na) NbO3 (KNN) piezoelectric materials have been extensively
studied in the past decade; particularly, bulk KNN single crystals are highly demanded in …