Evolution of the polar structure in relaxor ferroelectrics close to the curie temperature studied by piezoresponse force microscopy

V. V. Shvartsman; J. Dec; T. Łukasiewicz; A. L. Kholkin; W. Kleemann

doi:10.1080/00150190802408739

Evolution of the polar structure in relaxor ferroelectrics close to the curie temperature studied by piezoresponse force microscopy

V. V. Shvartsman
, J. Dec
, T. Łukasiewicz
, A. L. Kholkin
, W. Kleemann

University of Duisburg-Essen
University of Silesia in Katowice
Institute of Microelectronics and Photonics
University of Aveiro

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Abstract

We present results of piezoresponse force microscopy studies on uniaxial relaxors Sr_xBa_{1- x}Nb₂O₆ (SBN) and on cubic relaxors Pb[Mg_1/3Nb_2/3]_{1- x}TixO ₃ (PMN-PT). The chosen compositions exhibit a spontaneous transition from the ergodic relaxor into the ferroelectric state. In both materials static regions of non-zero piezoresponse were found above the corresponding transition temperature. We attribute them to large polar nanosized regions (PNRs), which are frozen on the experimental time scale. The temperature evolution of the observed structures was investigated. It has been found that in PMN-PT these quasi-static PNRs are larger and exist in a broader temperature range than those in SBN.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	77-85
Number of pages	9
Journal	Ferroelectrics
Volume	373
Issue number	1 PART 1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00150190802408739
Publication status	Published - 2008
Externally published	Yes
Event	2nd International Symposium on Micro- and Nano-Scale Domain Structuring in Ferroelectrics, ISDS'07 - Ekaterinburg, Russian Federation Duration: 22 Aug 2007 → 26 Aug 2007

Keywords

Phase transition
Piezoresponse force microscopy
Relaxors
Single crystals

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Evolution of the polar structure in relaxor ferroelectrics close to the curie temperature studied by piezoresponse force microscopy

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