Phase transitions in relaxor ferroelectric based solid solutions

Phase Transitions in Relaxor Ferroelectrics

This paper covers the properties of relaxor ferroelectrics and considers the transition from the paraelectric state to the relaxor state comparing experimental data with the spherical random-bond randomfield model (SRBRF). It found that this model predicts and is experimental verifies a glassy state at the transition temperature for E < Ec and a ferroelectric state with quench random fields for...

Phase transitions and ferroelectric properties in BiScO3-Bi(Zn1/2Ti1/2)O3-BaTiO3 solid solutions

Nonmonotonic TC trends in bi-based ferroelectric perovskite solid solutions.

We use first-principles density functional theory calculations to investigate the strongly nonlinear compositional trends in ferroelectric BiBO3-PbTiO3 solid solutions for a variety of cations on the perovskite B site. We demonstrate that previously tabulated crystal chemical parameters (extracted from other Pb-based perovskite alloys [Grinberg et al., J. Appl. Phys. 98, 094111 (2005)]) permit ...

Advances in Thermodynamics of Ferroelectric Phase Transitions

The thermodynamics of ferroelectric phase transitions is an important constituent part of the phenomenological theories of them, as well as the interface dynamics of them. In particular, if we confine the thermodynamics to the equilibrium range, we can say that the LandauDevonshire theory is a milestone in the process of the development of ferroelectric phase transition theories. This can be fo...

Pressure-induced phase transition in PbSc0.5Ta0.5O3 as a model Pb-based perovksite-type relaxor ferroelectric.

We report pressure-induced structural changes in PbSc(0.5)Ta(0.5)O3 studied by single-crystal x-ray diffraction and Raman scattering. The appearance of a soft mode, a change in the volume compressibility, broadening of the diffraction peaks, and suppression of the x-ray diffuse scattering show that a phase transition occurs near pc approximately 1.9 GPa. The critical pressure is associated with...