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Piezoelectric and dielectric aging in Pb(Zr,Ti)O3 thin films and bulk ceramics

  • A. L. Kholkin*
  • , A. K. Tagantsev
  • , E. L. Colla
  • , D. V. Taylor
  • , N. Setter
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

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Abstract

Piezoelectric and dielectric aging was studied in Pb(Zr,Ti)O3 (PZT) thin films and bulk ceramics. It was found that piezoelectric aging in thin films obeys the logarithmic time dependence with the relative aging rate much higher than that of the dielectric constant, while comparable aging rates of piezoelectric and dielectric constants were found in PZT ceramics. The origin of piezoelectric aging in PZT films was related to depolarization of the films rather than to suppression of the domain wall motion as was generally accepted for PZT ceramics.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)317-324
Number of pages8
JournalIntegrated Ferroelectrics
Volume15
Issue number1-4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1997
Externally publishedYes

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