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Title: Electric field dependent local structure of ( K x N a 1 - x ) 0.5 B i 0.5 Ti O 3

Journal Article · · Physical Review B
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  1. Univ. of Leeds, Leeds (United Kingdom)
  2. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
  3. North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC (United States)
  4. National Inst. of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD (United States)

The in situ x-ray pair-distribution function (PDF) characterization technique has been used to study the behavior of (KxNa1–x)0.5Bi0.5TiO3, as a function of electric field. As opposed to conventional x-ray Bragg diffraction techniques, PDF is sensitive to local atomic displacements, detecting local structural changes at the angstrom to nanometer scale. Several field-dependent ordering mechanisms can be observed in x = 0.15, 0.18 and at the morphotropic phase boundary composition x = 0.20. X-ray total scattering shows suppression of diffuse scattering with increasing electric-field amplitude, indicative of an increase in structural ordering. Analysis of PDF peaks in the 3–4-Å range shows ordering of Bi-Ti distances parallel to the applied electric field, illustrated by peak amplitude redistribution parallel and perpendicular to the electric-field vector. A transition from < 110 > to < 112 >-type off-center displacements of Bi relative to the neighboring Ti atoms is observable with increasing x. Analysis of PDF peak shift with electric field shows the effects of Bi-Ti redistribution and onset of piezoelectric lattice strain. Furthermore, the combination of these field-induced ordering mechanisms is consistent with local redistribution of Bi-Ti distances associated with domain reorientation and an overall increase in order of atomic displacements.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
Grant/Contract Number:
AC05-00OR22725; AC02-06CH11357
OSTI ID:
1376340
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1373428
Journal Information:
Physical Review B, Vol. 96, Issue 1; ISSN 2469-9950
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 17 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

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