Electric-field-induced local and mesoscale structural changes in polycrystalline dielectrics and ferroelectrics

Usher, Tedi -Marie; Levin, Igor; Daniels, John E.; Jones, Jacob L.

doi:10.1038/srep14678

Title: Electric-field-induced local and mesoscale structural changes in polycrystalline dielectrics and ferroelectrics

Journal Article · Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Scientific Reports

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/srep14678· OSTI ID:1240263

Usher, Tedi -Marie ^[1]; Levin, Igor ^[2]; Daniels, John E. ^[3]; Jones, Jacob L. ^[1]

North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC (United States)
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD (United States)
UNSW Australia, Sydney (Australia)

In this study, the atomic-scale response of dielectrics/ferroelectrics to electric fields is central to their functionality. Here we introduce an in situ characterization method that reveals changes in the local atomic structure in polycrystalline materials under fields. The method employs atomic pair distribution functions (PDFs), determined from X-ray total scattering that depends on orientation relative to the applied field, to probe structural changes over length scales from sub-Ångstrom to several nanometres. The PDF is sensitive to local ionic displacements and their short-range order, a key uniqueness relative to other techniques. The method is applied to representative ferroelectrics, BaTiO₃ and Na_½Bi_½TiO₃, and dielectric SrTiO₃. For Na_½Bi_½TiO₃, the results reveal an abrupt field-induced monoclinic to rhombohedral phase transition, accompanied by ordering of the local Bi displacements and reorientation of the nanoscale ferroelectric domains. For BaTiO₃ and SrTiO₃, the local/nanoscale structural changes observed in the PDFs are dominated by piezoelectric lattice strain and ionic polarizability, respectively.

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Research Organization:: North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

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OSTI ID:: 1240263

Journal Information:: Scientific Reports, Vol. 5; ISSN 2045-2322

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