Correlation between enhanced lattice polarizability and high piezoelectric response in BiScO3-PbTiO3

Lalitha, KV and Fitch, Andy N and Ranjan, Rajeev (2013) Correlation between enhanced lattice polarizability and high piezoelectric response in BiScO3-PbTiO3. In: PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 87 (6).

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Abstract

Piezoelectric and ex situ electric-field induced structural studies were carried out on closely spaced compositions in the morphotropic phase boundary region of (1 - x) PbTiO3-(x)BiScO3. While the common approach of zero field structural analysis failed to provide a unique relationship between the anomalous piezoresponse of x = 0.3725 and structural factor(s), ex situ study of electric-field induced structural changes revealed that the composition exhibiting the highest piezoelectric response is the one which also exhibits significantly enhanced polarizability of the lattices of both coexisting (monoclinic and tetragonal) phases. The enhanced lattice polarizability manifests as a significant fraction of the monoclinic phase transforming irreversibly to the tetragonal phase after electric poling. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.87.064106

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	PHYSICAL REVIEW B
Publisher:	AMER PHYSICAL SOC
Additional Information:	Copyright for this article belongs to AMER PHYSICAL SOC, USA
Department/Centre:	Division of Mechanical Sciences > Materials Engineering (formerly Metallurgy)
Date Deposited:	25 Mar 2013 10:20
Last Modified:	25 Mar 2013 10:20
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/46164

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