Defect chemistry of Ti-doped antiferroelectric Bi0.85Nd0.15FeO3 Appl. Phys. Lett. 100, 182902 (2012) Density functional investigations on electronic structures, magnetic ordering and ferroelectric phase transition in multiferroic Bi2NiMnO6 AIP Advances 2, 022115 (2012) Structural phase transitions in Ti-doped Bi1-xNdxFeO3 ceramics J. Appl. Phys. 111, 064107 (2012) Thickness driven stabilization of saw-tooth-like domains upon phase transitions in ferroelectric thin films with depletion charges J. Appl. Phys. 111, 064105 (2012) Magnetic enhancement across a ferroelectric-antiferroelectric phase boundary in Bi1−xNdxFeO3 J. Appl. Phys. 111, 053927 (2012) Additional information on J. Appl. Phys. (PIN-PMN-PT) single crystals were studied under unpoled and [001]-poled conditions by Brillouin light scattering and dielectric spectroscopies. The unpoled crystal showed a diffused elastic anomaly accompanied by substantial dielectric dispersion, which were associated with the temperature evolution of polar nanoregions represented by the excitation of strong central peaks. The poled crystal exhibited two-step changes in both dielectric and elastic properties, which were attributed to the successive phase transitions from rhombohedral to tetragonal, and then from tetragonal to cubic phase upon heating. The high-temperature tetragonal-cubic phase transition remained diffused with dielectric dispersion due to local random fields inherent in relaxors. The transverse acoustic mode disappeared at the rhombohedraltetragonal phase transition indicating a clear symmetry change. V C 2012 American Institute of Physics.