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Kinetic behaviors of unusual low-temperature ferroelectric properties of Pb0.97La0.02(Zr0.60Sn0.30Ti0.10)O3 ceramic were studied. In a wide temperature range it reveals the antiferroelectric properties with pronounced polarization versus electrical field hysteresis double loops resulting from the field-induced antiferroelectric-to-ferroelectric switching. The reverse switching time is temperatu...

A new composite system, Ba(Zr0.07Ti0.93)O3 (BZT93) ceramic/NiO nanoparticles, was fabricated to investigate the effect of NiO nanoparticles on the properties of these composites. M-H hysteresis loops showed an improvement in the magnetic behavior for higher NiO content samples plus modified ferroelectric properties. However, the 1 vol.% samples showed the optimum ferroelectric and ferromagnetic...

Mode I steady crack growth was analyzed to determine the toughening due to domain switching in ferroelectric ceramics. A multi-axial, electromechanically coupled, incremental constitutive theory is applied to model the material behavior of the ferroelectric ceramic. The constitutive law is then implemented within the finite element method to study steady crack growth. The effects of mechanical ...

Mn-doped 0.7BiFeO3-0.3BaTiO3 (BFO-0.3BTO+Mn 1% mol) lead-free piezoelectric ceramic were fabricated by traditional solid state reaction. The phase structure, microstructure, and ferroelectric properties were investigated. Additionally, lead-free 1–3 composites with 60% volume fraction of BFO-BTO+Mn ceramic were fabricated for ultrasonic transducer applications by a conventional dice-and-fill me...

Multiferroics have broad application prospects in various fields such as multi-layer ceramic capacitors and multifunctional devices owing to their high dielectric constants and coupled magnetic and ferroelectric properties at room temperature. In this study, cobalt ferrite (CFO)/barium calcium titanate (BCT) composite fibers are prepared from BCT and CFO sols by an electrospinning method, and a...

Among the various electron emission mechanisms the emission using ferroelectric ceramics is the ‘‘junior’’ process. It was observed at very low current density levels ~10 pA/cm! in 1984 by Rosenman. Five years later, Riege and his co-workers at CERN demonstrated current densities that are 13 orders of magnitude higher. In 1990 Airapetov reported the highest current density so far when measuring...

Thin single-crystal lamellae cut from Pb(Zr,Ti)O3-Pb(Fe,Ta)O3 ceramic samples have been integrated into simple coplanar capacitor devices. The influence of applied electric and magnetic fields on ferroelectric domain configurations has been mapped, using piezoresponse force microscopy. The extent to which magnetic fields alter the ferroelectric domains was found to be strongly history dependent...

Single-phase multiferroic BiMnO3 ceramic was synthesized via high-pressure and high-temperature solid-state reaction. Microstructure modification accompanied by emergence of superlattice due to electron-beam irradiation was observed wherein by means of electron diffraction (ED) combined with high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM). It was clearly evidenced that the well-establi...

Abstract Flexible piezoelectric materials withstanding large deformation play key roles in flexible electronics. Ferroelectric ceramics with high coefficient are inherently brittle, whereas polar polymers exhibit low coefficient. Here we report a highly stretchable/compressible composite composed of ferroelectric ceramic skeleton, elastomer matrix and relaxor ferroelectric-based hybrid at the c...