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Title: Nanoscale mapping of heterogeneity of the polarization reversal in lead-free relaxor–ferroelectric ceramic composites

Abstract

Relaxor/ferroelectric ceramic/ceramic composites have shown to be promising in generating large electromechanical strain at moderate electric fields. However, the mechanisms of polarization and strain coupling between grains of different nature in the composites remain unclear. To rationalize the coupling mechanisms we performed advanced piezoresponse force microscopy (PFM) studies of 0.92BNT-0.06BT-0.02KNN/0.93BNT-0.07BT (ergodic/non-ergodic relaxor) composites. PFM is able to distinguish grains of different phases by characteristic domain patterns. Polarization switching has been probed locally, on a sub-grain scale. k-Means clustering analysis applied to arrays of local hysteresis loops reveals variations of polarization switching characteristics between the ergodic and non-ergodic relaxor grains. Here, we report a different set of switching parameters for grains in the composites as opposed to the pure phase samples. These results confirm ceramic/ceramic composites to be a viable approach to tailor the piezoelectric properties and optimize the macroscopic electromechanical characteristics.

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 [1];  [1];  [2];  [2];  [2];  [2];  [3];  [3];  [1]
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  1. Univ. of Duisburg, Essen (Germany)
  2. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
  3. Technical Univ. of Darmstadt (Germany)
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Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE; European Commission (EC)
OSTI Identifier:
1261507
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725; 290158
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Nanoscale
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 8; Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 2040-3364
Publisher:
Royal Society of Chemistry
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE

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Gobeljic, D., Shvartsman, V. V., Belianinov, A., Okatan, B., Jesse, S., Kalinin, S. V., Groh, C., Rödel, J., and Lupascu, D. C. Nanoscale mapping of heterogeneity of the polarization reversal in lead-free relaxor–ferroelectric ceramic composites. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1039/c5nr05032d.
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Gobeljic, D., Shvartsman, V. V., Belianinov, A., Okatan, B., Jesse, S., Kalinin, S. V., Groh, C., Rödel, J., & Lupascu, D. C. Nanoscale mapping of heterogeneity of the polarization reversal in lead-free relaxor–ferroelectric ceramic composites. United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5nr05032d
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Gobeljic, D., Shvartsman, V. V., Belianinov, A., Okatan, B., Jesse, S., Kalinin, S. V., Groh, C., Rödel, J., and Lupascu, D. C. Tue . "Nanoscale mapping of heterogeneity of the polarization reversal in lead-free relaxor–ferroelectric ceramic composites". United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5nr05032d. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1261507.
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@article{osti_1261507,
title = {Nanoscale mapping of heterogeneity of the polarization reversal in lead-free relaxor–ferroelectric ceramic composites},
author = {Gobeljic, D. and Shvartsman, V. V. and Belianinov, A. and Okatan, B. and Jesse, S. and Kalinin, S. V. and Groh, C. and Rödel, J. and Lupascu, D. C.},
abstractNote = {Relaxor/ferroelectric ceramic/ceramic composites have shown to be promising in generating large electromechanical strain at moderate electric fields. However, the mechanisms of polarization and strain coupling between grains of different nature in the composites remain unclear. To rationalize the coupling mechanisms we performed advanced piezoresponse force microscopy (PFM) studies of 0.92BNT-0.06BT-0.02KNN/0.93BNT-0.07BT (ergodic/non-ergodic relaxor) composites. PFM is able to distinguish grains of different phases by characteristic domain patterns. Polarization switching has been probed locally, on a sub-grain scale. k-Means clustering analysis applied to arrays of local hysteresis loops reveals variations of polarization switching characteristics between the ergodic and non-ergodic relaxor grains. Here, we report a different set of switching parameters for grains in the composites as opposed to the pure phase samples. These results confirm ceramic/ceramic composites to be a viable approach to tailor the piezoelectric properties and optimize the macroscopic electromechanical characteristics.},
doi = {10.1039/c5nr05032d},
journal = {Nanoscale},
number = 4,
volume = 8,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jan 05 00:00:00 EST 2016},
month = {Tue Jan 05 00:00:00 EST 2016}
}
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