Ferroelectricity and electromechanical coupling in (1 − x)AgNbO3-xNaNbO3 solid solutions
Author(s) -
Desheng Fu,
Takahiro Arioka,
Hiroki Taniguchi,
Tomoyasu Taniyama,
Mitsuru Itoh
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
applied physics letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.182
H-Index - 442
eISSN - 1077-3118
pISSN - 0003-6951
DOI - 10.1063/1.3609234
Subject(s) - solid solution , ferroelectricity , piezoelectricity , materials science , dielectric , polarization (electrochemistry) , condensed matter physics , hysteresis , ceramic , coupling (piping) , crossover , physics , optoelectronics , chemistry , composite material , metallurgy , artificial intelligence , computer science
textversion:publisherWe observed the evolution of polarization states and electromechanical coupling in (1 - x) AgNbO3-xNaNbO3 solid solutions using dielectric and strain hysteresis loop techniques and show that the polarization evolves from the ferrielectric ordering in AgNbO3 to the ferroelectric ordering in NaNbO3. The crossover between these two states occurs in the solid solution with x ≈ 0.8. A strain level ≈ 0.20% is available in the ceramics of these solid solutions. Such a large electromechanical effect might be interesting for the development of piezoelectric materials
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