An insight into the origin of low-symmetry bridging phase and enhanced functionality in systems containing competing phases

Kong, Lingping; Liu, Gang; Yang, Wenge; Cao, Wenwu

doi:10.1063/1.4927550

Title: An insight into the origin of low-symmetry bridging phase and enhanced functionality in systems containing competing phases

Journal Article · Mon Jul 27 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Applied Physics Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4927550· OSTI ID:1225080

Kong, Lingping ^[1]; Liu, Gang ^[1]; Yang, Wenge ^[1];

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Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research, Shanghai (China); Carnegie Inst. of Washington, Argonne, IL (United States)
Harbin Inst. of Technology, Harbin (China); Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States)

High piezoelectric activity of ferroelectrics with morphotropic phase boundary (MPB) compositions has been the focus of numerous recent investigations. The concept of a bridging low-symmetry phase between competing phase structures of the MPB composition remains controversial due to the compositional inhomogeneity near the MPB and the lack of appropriate experimental techniques to delineate the complex crystal structures. We have studied a simple ferroelectric BaTiO₃ by employing a high resolution synchrotron-based technique, in which the formation of different symmetry regions due to chemical inhomogeneity can be ruled out. As a result, we observed two types of thermotropic phase boundaries, revealing the importance of interphase-strain in the formation of a bridging phase between competing phases and the enhancement of functionality.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Advanced Photon Source (APS)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Key Basic Research Program of China; National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Grant/Contract Number:: 2013CB632900; P41-EB2182; AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1225080

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1420565

Journal Information:: Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 107, Issue 4; ISSN 0003-6951

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: ENGLISH

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