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Compositional Evolution of Properties in Epitaxial Films of Relaxor PbMg1/3Nb2/3O3-PbTiO3
2005
Epitaxial heterostructures of relaxor (1− x) PbMg1/3Nb2/3O3−(x) PbTiO3 thin films with La0.5Sr0.5CoO3 bottom electrodes were grown by pulsed laser ablation on MgO substrates. Perovskite films with x = 0–0.32 were deposited using sub-monolayer mixing from two targets. Both the room-temperature studies of microstructure and studies of dielectric response as a function of frequency and temperature were performed. For all x, a relaxor-like behavior was observed. The compositional evolution of lattice parameter, permittivity, and temperature of dielectric maxima T m was in a qualitative agreement with that in bulk. The relatively low temperatures T m in the presence of an in-plane compression we…
BST ceramics: Effect of attrition milling on dielectric properties
2004
Abstract The effect of grain size on the dielectric properties of Ba0.6Sr0.4TiO3 (BST) ceramics is investigated. Attrition milling is chosen to obtain nanometre particle size from micrometre particle size powders. Fine grained ceramics are obtained by hot uniaxial pressing (HUP). Additionally, the present study is focused on the effect of the nature of milling balls on loss tangent and permittivity. For that, three kinds of balls are tested: calcia, yttria or ceria stabilised zirconia balls. The properties of these samples are evaluated in the range of MHz. The balls induce an involuntary doping of powders which modifies the dielectric properties, especially the Curie temperature and loss t…
Germanium modified BaTiO3as a promising electroceramics
2016
ABSTRACTThe polycrystalline sample of BaTi0.95Ge0.05O3 was prepared by solid-phase reaction using a conventional method. The morphology of investigated sample was characterised by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The results allowed to determining the stoichiometry of the material and evaluate their microstructure. High quality samples were investigated, the grains are well shaped without of a glassy phase. The dielectric properties of the BaTi0.95Ge0.05O3 ceramics were determined. The results were compared with these ones obtained for pure BaTiO3. The obtained data indicated that the substitution of Ge+4 ions had an influence on the values of the real (ϵ′) and imaginary (ϵ″) parts of el…
Influence of Compressive Stress on Dielectric and Ferroelectric Properties of the 0.9PbSc0.5Nb0.5O3-0.1PbLu0.5Nb0.5O3Ceramics
2014
0.9PbSc0.5Nb0.5O3-0.1PbLu0.5Nb0.5O3ceramics were prepared by a solid-state mixed-oxide technique. The phase formation and microstructure were studied using X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM), respectively. The influences of compressive stress (0 – 1500 bar) applied parallel to the electric field on the dielectric and ferroelectric properties of these ceramics were investigated. The results showed that the compressive stress had pronounced effects on these properties. With increasing pressure, the electric permittivity maximum decreases and shifts to higher temperature, thermal hysteresis, dielectric dispersion and polarization decrease. The obtained results were …
Ferroelectric Properties and Crystal Structure of YBa2Cu3O7/BaxSr(1−x)TiO3 Heterostructures
1997
ABSTRACTEpitaxial YBa2Cu3O7/Ba0.5Sr0.5TiO3 (YBCO/BST) and YBCO/BaTiO3 (BTO) heterostructures were prepared by dc and rf sputtering on SrTiO3 and MgO substrates. The YBCO/BTO bilayers exhibit an inductive superconducting transition temperature of 85 K and the ferroelectric phase transition of BST shows a Curie-Weiss temperature of 310 K. Microstructure was investigated by x-ray-diffraction and atomic force microscopy. In this work we also studied the insulator's conductivity and the contribution of domain walls to permittivity.
Sb Effect on Structural, Dielectric, and Ferroelectric Properties of Na0.5K0.5NbO3Ceramics
2015
Lead-free Na0.5K0.5(Nb1-xSbx)O3 (0<x<0.05) ceramics were fabricated by the solid-state reaction method and materials with more than 95% densification were obtained. A microstructure study confirms that the ceramics are well sintered. All compositions show complete perovskite solid solutions. Structural, dielectric and ferroelectric investigations for these specimens were performed. X-ray measurements showed that all compositions have a single perovskite structure with orthorhombic symmetry. Dielectric study revealed that the ceramics obtained are normal ferroelectrics. However some signs of diffuse phase transition were observed. The transition temperatures and the maximum electric permitti…
Synthesis, microstructure and dielectric properties of (1−x)PSN−xPLuN
2008
Ceramic lead niobates and their solid solutions PSN–PLuN (pure lutecium niobate) were synthesized by solid state reactions. The sequence of phases formed at PSN–PLuN synthesis has been studied by X-ray analysis. Their symmetry changed from rhombohedral for PSN to pseudo-monoclinic for the 0.75PSN–0.25PLuN compositions. The performed EDS investigations revealed that the samples PSN–PLuN are perfectly sintered. They contain a little glassy phase and their grains are well shaped. The increase of lutecium content in the examined solid solution caused downward shift of the temperature of the phase transition. The decrease of the achieved permittivity values ϵ was observed as well.
SrTiO3and Pr Effects on Structural, Dielectric and Ferroelectric Properties of Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3Ceramic
2015
[(Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3)0.7Sr0.3]1-xPrxTiO3(NBTS30P) (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.025) ceramics were prepared by solid-state synthesis process. Their crystal structure, microstructure dielectric and ferroelectric properties were studied. XRD data show that all of the ceramics possess a single perovskite phase. SEM results confirm that the ceramics are well sintered and exhibit relative densities higher than 97%. The results also reveal that the microstructure of the different compositions do not show a significant variation. The praseodymium (Pr) substitution to NBTS30 results in a change of crystal structure from cubic to tetragonal at x = 0.025. At the same time, electric permittivity decreases, the maximum is br…
Dielectric properties of BaTiO3 based materials with addition of transition metal ions with variable valence
2013
Dielectric properties of BaTiO3(BT), BaTiO3+0.1wt.%MnO2(BTMn) and BaTiO3+0.1 wt.%Fe2O3 (BTFe) solid solution was investigated. The effects of substitution on the microstructure and on the electric properties of BaTiO3 samples were studied by performing X-ray diffraction and electric measurements. X-ray diffraction analysis of the samples shows the formation of single-phase compound with a tetragonal structure at room temperature. SEM microphotographs exhibit the uniform distribution of grains. The electric properties (a real part of electrical permittivity(e') and an imaginary part of electric modulus (M")) were investigated in the temperature range from 150K to 600K and in the frequency ra…
ZrTiO4 materials obtained by spark plasma reaction-sintering
2014
Zirconium titanate (ZrTiO4), have many attractive properties such as high resistivity, high dielectric constant, high permittivity at microwave frequencies and excellent temperature stability for microwave properties. Zirconium titanate dense materials are proposed for many structural applications, but fully reacted and completely dense pieces are difficult to obtain by conventional routes. In this work, fully dense zirconium titanate materials (∼98%) were obtained at lower temperatures (1300-1400 C) and short processing time by non-conventional technique; spark plasma-reaction sintering (SPRS). Homogeneous and stable starting powders mixture with the adequate composition was prepared from …