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Substitution effects on the relaxor properties of lead magnesium niobate ceramics

1999

Abstract The temperature dependence of the dielectric permittivity is studied in different Pb(Mg⅓Nb⅔)O3 based ceramics, in which the ordered region size can be changed by introducing titanium or lanthanum ions. Both the relaxor behaviour and the nonlinear dielectric component are found to be dependent on the impurity content. Especially, the nonlinearity increases strongly as the material exhibits a more conventional ferroelectric behaviour, i.e. as the size of the polar clusters, which develop in the paraelectric matrix, increases.

Mean field behaviour of Sr1−xCaxTiO3

1996

A systematic analysis of the dielectric constant as a function of temperature in SrTiO 3 : Ca crystals with Ca content of 0.0020, 0.0032, 0.0055. 0.0058, and 0.0110 shows that the Barrett parameters are clearly modified by the Ca content. We have found for each Ca concentration the temperature below which the contribution of the Ca induced clusters becomes sizeable. The values obtained for the fitted parameters in the Barrett formula allow us to trace a boundary between the low-temperature quantum paraelectric and ferroelectric regimes.

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2005

Manifestation of relaxor properties in the x PbZn1/3Nb2/3O3-(1-x )PbSc1/2Nb1/203 ceramic solid solution system, similar to those observed in lead magnesium niobates, are reported. Dependence of the effective dielectric permittivity and dielectric loss on the temperature at frequencies of 0.1-10 Hz and different measuring field amplitudes E 0 are examined ceramic samples of 0.05PbZn1/3Nb2/3O3-0.95PbSc1/2Nb1/203. It is demonstrated that the temperature at which the dielectric permittivity has a maximum, T m, decreases with the increase of E 0. The dependence of T m on the frequency in both strong and weak fields is shown to follow the Vogel-Fulcher law, with Voger-Fulcher temperature decreasi…

Comparison of the Influences of a Perpendicular and Parallel Uniaxial Stress on the Dielectric and Ferroelectric Properties of Fe Doped BaTiO3Ceramics

2014

The dielectric and ferroelectric properties of Fe-doped BaTiO3 ceramic under uniaxial stress applied perpendicular and parallel to the electric field are presented and analyzed. For the dielectric properties, the results showed that the uniaxial stress reduced an electric permittivity and dielectric losses for the both directions of applied stress. It was also found that an applied uniaxial pressure also enhanced a diffuse phase transformation behaviour. In the case of the ferroelectric properties the applied stress weakens a polarization when it is applied parallel (p∥ac) to the electric field. These results were interpreted through the stress induced domain switching process.

Uniaxial Pressure Effects on the Dielectric Properties of the PLZT-x/65/35 (x = 9.75 and 10) Ceramics

2012

The influence of uniaxial pressure (0-1000 bars) applied parallel to the ac electric field on the dielectric properties of PLZT-x/65/35 ceramics (x = 9.75 and 10) was investigated. The results show that the applied stress has a significant influence on the dielectric properties of PLZT ceramics. Applying uniaxial pressure leads to the reduction of the electric permittivity (ϵ) peak and the frequency dispersion. Moreover, the peak of ϵ becomes diffuse and shifts to a higher temperature with increasing pressure. The results show that applying uniaxial pressure induces similar effects as the increase in Ti−ion concentration in the PZT system. We interpreted our results based on the domain swit…

Crystal chemical and dielectric properties of Pb0.5(5-x)LaxNb5-xFexO15system with “tetragonal tungsten bronze” structural type

2005

The lanthanum-lead and iron-niobium coupled substitution in PbNb 2 O 6 have allowed to isolate new materials of a general formula Pb 0.5(5-x) La x Nb 5-x Fe x O 15 crystallising with the tetragonal tungsten bronze structural type. The resulting influence on the lattice parameters, the ferroelectric Curie temperature and Cole - Cole plots are presented. A typical ferroelectric - paraelectric behaviour occurs in the composition range 0 ≤ x ≤ 0.33 while, a relaxor behaviour is observed in the composition range 0.33 < x < 1.

Dielectric Measurements on SBN:Ce

1995

New ferroelectric materials on the basis of PbSc1/2Nb1/2O3–PbLu1/2Nb1/2O3 solid solutions

2004

Abstract Original binary solid solutions PbSc 1/2 Nb 1/2 O 3 –PbLu 1/2 Nb 1/2 O 3 (PSN-PLuN) have been produced. First of all nominally pure PSN and PLuN were synthesized by solid state reaction from oxides and carbonates. These compounds were mixed in different proportions to obtain (1− x )PSN− x PLuN solid solutions. Ceramic samples were hot-pressed at gradual change of the temperature. Solid solutions have the perovskite structure and are completely soluble in each other. Differential thermal analysis and X-ray diffraction were used to examine the synthesis and phase constitution. Dielectric properties—dielectric permittivity e and dielectric loss tan δ of ceramic samples of originally s…

Ferroelectricity and piezoelectricity in soft biological tissue: Porcine aortic walls revisited

2017

Recently reported piezoresponse force microscopy (PFM) measurements have proposed that porcine aortic walls are ferroelectric. This finding may have great implications for understanding biophysical properties of cardiovascular diseases such as arteriosclerosis. However, the complex anatomical structure of the aortic wall with different extracellular matrices appears unlikely to be ferroelectric. The reason is that a prerequisite for ferroelectricity, which is the spontaneous switching of the polarization, is a polar crystal structure of the material. Although the PFM measurements were performed locally, the phase-voltage hysteresis loops could be reproduced at different positions on the tis…

Radio and Microwave Spectroscopy of 0.2PMN-0.4PSN-0.4PZN Relaxor Ceramics

2005

Dielectric spectroscopy results of 0.2PbMg 1/3 Nb 2/3 O 3 -0.4PbSc 1/2 Nb 1/2 O 3 -0.4PbZn 1/3 Nb 2/3 O 3 ceramics are reported for 200 < T < 450 K and 20 Hz < v < 11 GHz. Dielectric constant is very high (more than 12000) in the vicinity of the peak. Anomalous broad dielectric relaxation has been observed near and below the temperature of the maximum permittivity, T m (at 1 kHz). The distribution of relaxation times have been calculated directly from the dielectric spectra. At higher temperatures than the maximum permittivity, T m the distribution of the relaxation times is symmetrically shaped (Cole-Cole function satisfactory describes the dielectric response). At lower temperatures, the …