Progress in high-strain perovskite piezoelectric ceramics

J Hao, W Li, J Zhai, H Chen - Materials Science and Engineering: R …, 2019 - Elsevier
High strain piezoelectric ceramics are the state-of-the-art materials for high precision,
positioning devices. A comprehensive review of the latest developments of the various types …

Technology transfer of lead-free (K, Na) NbO3-based piezoelectric ceramics

HC Thong, C Zhao, Z Zhou, CF Wu, YX Liu, ZZ Du… - Materials Today, 2019 - Elsevier
Piezoelectric materials are an important functional material in the modern world because
they are capable of converting electrical energy into mechanical energy and vice versa …

The missing boundary in the phase diagram of PbZr1−xTixO3

N Zhang, H Yokota, AM Glazer, Z Ren, DA Keen… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Abstract PbZr1− xTixO3 (PZT) is one of the most important and widely used piezoelectric
materials. The study of its local and average structures is of fundamental importance in …

Electric-field-induced phase transformation at a lead-free morphotropic phase boundary: Case study in a 93%(Bi0. 5Na0. 5) TiO3–7% BaTiO3 piezoelectric ceramic

JE Daniels, W Jo, J Rödel, JL Jones - Applied Physics Letters, 2009 - pubs.aip.org
The electric-field-induced strain in 93%(Bi 0.5 Na 0.5) TiO 3–7% BaTiO 3 polycrystalline
ceramic is shown to be the result of an electric-field-induced phase transformation from a …

Local structural disorder and its influence on the average global structure and polar properties in NaBiTiO

BN Rao, R Datta, SS Chandrashekaran, DK Mishra… - Physical Review B …, 2013 - APS
Na 0.5 Bi 0.5 TiO 3 (NBT) and its derivatives have prompted a great surge in interest owing
to their potential as lead-free piezoelectrics. In spite of five decades since its discovery, there …

Electric-field-driven monoclinic-to-rhombohedral transformation in NaBiTiO

BN Rao, R Ranjan - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter and Materials …, 2012 - APS
The lead free ferroelectric Na 1/2 Bi 1/2 TiO 3 (NBT) is shown to exhibit electric-field-induced
monoclinic (C c) to rhombohedral (R 3 c) phase transformation at room temperature. This …

Thermotropic phase boundaries in classic ferroelectrics

TTA Lummen, Y Gu, J Wang, S Lei, F Xue… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
High-performance piezoelectrics are lead-based solid solutions that exhibit a so-called
morphotropic phase boundary, which separates two competing phases as a function of …

Microstructural origins of high piezoelectric performance: a pathway to practical lead‐free materials

H Wu, Y Zhang, J Wu, J Wang… - Advanced Functional …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Piezoelectric materials interconvert between electrical energy and mechanical strain and
are widely used for electronic and electromechanical devices. Owing to growing …

Electric-field-induced dielectric and temperature changes in a -oriented single crystal

J Peräntie, J Hagberg, A Uusimäki, H Jantunen - Physical Review B …, 2010 - APS
Dielectric and direct temperature changes induced by an electric field were investigated in
a⟨ 011⟩-oriented 0.72 Pb (Mg 1/3 Nb 2/3) O 3-0.28 PbTiO 3 single crystal as a function of …

Domain boundary-dominated systems: adaptive structures and functional twin boundaries

DD Viehland, EKH Salje - Advances in physics, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Domain boundaries typically constitute only a minute fraction of the total volume of a crystal.
However, a special (but not unusual) situation can occur in which the domain boundary …