Uniaxial stress and temperature dependence of field induced strains in antiferroelectric lead zirconate titanate stannat ceramics

Discontinuous switching in antiferroelectric ceramics monitored by acoustic emissions

“…On the other hand, ␣ Ϸ 1, because the orientation mismatch to the antiferroelectric phase is always the same. 34 During the first cycle, E AF is higher than in subsequent cycles while this is reverse for E FA . 31 For the AFE-FE transition, the ferroelectric volume of the material can be completely field free, while the antiferroelectric volume experiences large fields sufficient to drive the phase transition.…”

Characteristics and dielectric properties of (Pb0.97−La0.02Ba )(Zr0.72Sn0.22Ti0.06)O3 ceramics

“…Then, Ti 4+ , Sn 4+ and La 3+ were modified into B site or A site of PbZrO 3 for lowering the phase transition electric-field, and lead lanthanum zirconate stannate titanate antiferroelectric system (PLZST) were developed [1][2][3][4][5][6]. These materials can be applied in high-energy storage capacitors [7], explosive electrical transducers [8], actuators, pyroelectric detectors [9,10], antiferroelectric cold cathode materials [11], ferroelectric refrigeration [12], and so on. However, the pyroelectric response encountered a problem that the Curie temperature is too high (>120°C) to be used practically and the range of the antiferroelectric is too narrow.…”

Electric-field-induced antiferroelectric to ferroelectric phase transition in mechanically confinedPb0.99Nb0.02[(Tan1, Frederick2, Ma3 et al. 2010Phys. Rev. B732540View full textAdd to dashboardCite

“…However, there are very limited reports in the literature dealing with this matter. 12,13 In the present work, the effect of uniaxial as well as radial compressive prestresses on the electric-field-induced phase transition was investigated in the antiferroelectric Pb 0.99 Nb 0.02 ͓͑Zr 0.57 Sn 0.43 ͒ 0.94 Ti 0.06 ͔ 0.98 O 3 ͑PNZST43/6/2͒ ceramic with a unique loading fixture we developed recently. [14][15][16] Considering the different stages in the electric-field-induced phase-transition process, the mechanical confinements are expected to generate ferroelastic domain switching in the antiferroelectric phase before the transition, to suppress the phase transition through acting against volume expansion, to influence the ferroelastic domain switching and to affect the polarization through the direct piezoelectric effect in the induced polar state after the transition.…”