Local structural heterogeneity and electromechanical responses of ferroelectrics: learning from relaxor ferroelectrics

F Li, S Zhang, D Damjanovic, LQ Chen… - Advanced Functional …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Long‐range ordering of dipoles is a key microscopic signature of ferroelectrics. These
ordered dipoles form ferroelectric domains, which can be reoriented by electric fields …

Evolution from lead‐based to lead‐free piezoelectrics: engineering of lattices, domains, boundaries, and defects leading to giant response

M Waqar, H Wu, J Chen, K Yao, J Wang - Advanced Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Piezoelectric materials are known to mankind for more than a century, with numerous
advancements made in both scientific understandings and practical applications. In the last …

Super-elastic ferroelectric single-crystal membrane with continuous electric dipole rotation

G Dong, S Li, M Yao, Z Zhou, YQ Zhang, X Han, Z Luo… - Science, 2019 - science.org
Ferroelectrics are usually inflexible oxides that undergo brittle deformation. We synthesized
freestanding single-crystalline ferroelectric barium titanate (BaTiO3) membranes with a …

Contributions to the piezoelectric effect in ferroelectric single crystals and ceramics

D Damjanovic - Journal of the American Ceramic society, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
The piezoelectric effect in ferroelectric single crystals and ceramics is investigated
considering intrinsic (lattice), and extrinsic (originating mainly from displacement of domain …

Adaptive ferroelectric states in KNN-based piezoceramics: Unveiling the mechanism of enhancing piezoelectric properties through multiple phase boundary …

Y Liu, J Fan, X Qi, B Shen, R Zhang, K Yao - Nano Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Developing high-performance lead-free piezoceramics, such as (K, Na) NbO 3 (KNN)
material, is critical to achieving environmental sustainability in next-generation …

Nano‐and Mesoscale Structure of Na _1\over2 Bi _1\over2 TiO3: A TEM Perspective

I Levin, IM Reaney - Advanced Functional Materials, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The room‐temperature structure of Na _1\over2 Bi _1\over2 TiO3 (NBT) ceramics was
studied using several transmission electron microscopy (TEM) techniques. High‐angle …

Electric field-induced transformations in bismuth sodium titanate-based materials

G Viola, Y Tian, C Yu, Y Tan, V Koval, X Wei… - Progress in Materials …, 2021 - Elsevier
Electric field-induced transformations occur in a myriad of systems with a variegated
phenomenology and have attracted widespread scientific interest due to their importance in …

Electric-field-, temperature-, and stress-induced phase transitions in relaxor ferroelectric single crystals

M Davis, D Damjanovic, N Setter - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter and …, 2006 - APS
Electric-field-induced phase transitions have been evidenced by macroscopic strain
measurements at temperatures between 25° C and 100° C in [001] C-poled (1− x) Pb (Mg …

Nanodomain structure of at its morphotropic phase boundary: Investigations from local to average structure

KA Schönau, LA Schmitt, M Knapp, H Fuess… - Physical Review B …, 2007 - APS
In recent years, the stability field of a monoclinic phase at the morphotropic phase boundary
in lead zirconate titanate, Pb [Zr 1− x Ti x] O 3, has been under discussion. In the present …

Ferroelectric polymers exhibiting negative longitudinal piezoelectric coefficient: progress and prospects

Y Liu, Q Wang - Advanced Science, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Piezoelectric polymers are well‐recognized to hold great promise for a wide range of
flexible, wearable, and biocompatible applications. Among the known piezoelectric …