Random fields in relaxor ferroelectrics—a jubilee review

W Kleemann - Journal of Advanced Dielectrics, 2012 - World Scientific
Substitutional charge disorder as in PbMg1/3Nb2/3O3, structural cation vacancies as in Sr x
Ba 1-x Nb 2 O 6 and isovalent substitution of off-centered cations as in BaTi 1-x Sn x O 3 and …

Slush-like polar structures in single-crystal relaxors

H Takenaka, I Grinberg, S Liu, AM Rappe - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Despite more than 50 years of investigation, it is still unclear how the underlying structure of
relaxor ferroelectrics gives rise to their defining properties, such as ultrahigh piezoelectric …

Precursor dynamics in the ferroelectric phase transition of barium titanate single crystals studied by Brillouin light scattering

JH Ko, TH Kim, K Roleder, D Rytz, S Kojima - Physical Review B—Condensed …, 2011 - APS
The acoustic anomalies and precursor dynamics of high-quality barium titanate single
crystals were investigated by Brillouin light scattering and the birefringence measurements …

Surface domain structures and mesoscopic phase transition in relaxor ferroelectrics

A Kholkin, A Morozovska, D Kiselev… - Advanced Functional …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Relaxor ferroelectrics are a prototypical example of ferroic systems in which interplay
between atomic disorder and order parameters gives rise to emergence of unusual …

Temperature-dependent volume fraction of polar nanoregions in lead-free ceramics

M Vögler, N Novak, FH Schader, J Rödel - Physical Review B, 2017 - APS
The formation and temperature evolution of polar nanoregions (PNRs) in relaxor
ferroelectrics is an intriguing issue that is still under debate. Therefore, we present an …

Static and dynamic strain coupling behaviour of ferroic and multiferroic perovskites from resonant ultrasound spectroscopy

MA Carpenter - Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Resonant ultrasound spectroscopy (RUS) provides a window on the pervasive influence of
strain coupling at phase transitions in perovskites through determination of elastic and …

Local phenomena of single crystals studied by Raman scattering

A Slodczyk, P Daniel, A Kania - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter and …, 2008 - APS
The study of (1− x) PbMg 1/3 Nb 2/3 O 3-x PbTiO 3 (PMN-PT) single crystals where x is 0,
0.09, 0.21, 0.28, 0.32, 0.35, and 0.38 was carried out with the use of x-ray, dielectric, and …

Raman spectroscopic study of Na1/2Bi1/2TiO3-x% BaTiO3 single crystals as a function of temperature and composition

L Luo, W Ge, J Li, D Viehland, C Farley… - Journal of applied …, 2011 - pubs.aip.org
A Raman spectroscopic study of Na 1/2 Bi 1/2 TiO 3-x% BaTiO 3 (NBT-x% BT) single
crystals with x= 0 and 5.6 has been performed as a function of temperature from 25 to 600 C …

Phase Transition at a Nanometer Scale Detected by Acoustic Emission within <?format ?>the Cubic Phase Relaxor Ferroelectrics

M Roth, E Mojaev, E Dul'kin, P Gemeiner, B Dkhil - Physical review letters, 2007 - APS
Pb (Zn 1/3 Nb 2/3) O 3-x PbTiO 3 (x= 4.5%–12%) relaxor ferroelectric crystals have been
studied by means of acoustic emission (AE) in the 400–540 K temperature range. An …

The three characteristic temperatures of relaxor dynamics and their meaning

J Toulouse - Ferroelectrics, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
In this report, we compare the temperature evolution of several physical properties of the
relaxor systems, PZN, PMN and KTN. We show that three rather than two characteristic …