Shukla, R and Patwe, SJ and Deshpande, SK and Achary, SN and Krishna, PSR and Shinde, AB and Gopalakrishnan, J and Tyagi, AK (2016) Structural manipulation and tailoring of dielectric properties in SrTi1-xFexTaxO3 perovskites: Design of new lead free relaxors. In: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 6 .
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Abstract
We report composition dependent structure evolution from SrTiO3 to SrFe0.5Ta0.5O3 by powder X-ray and neutron diffraction studies of SrTi1-2xFexTaxO3 (0.00 <= x <= 0.50) compositions. Structural studies reveal cubic (Pm3m) perovskite-type structure of the parent SrTiO3 for x up to 0.075 and cation disordered orthorhombic (Pbnm) perovskite-type structure for x >= 0.33. A biphasic region consisting of a mixture of cubic and orthorhombic structures is found in the range for 0.10 <= x <= 0.25. Dielectric studies reveal transformation from a normal dielectric to relaxor like properties with increasing Fe3+ and Ta5+ concentration. Dielectric response is maximum at x = 0.33 in the series. The results establish a protocol for designing new lead-free relaxor materials based on the co-substitution of Fe3+ and Ta5+ for Ti4+ in SrTiO3. A complex interplay of strain effects arising from distribution of cations at the octahedral sites of the perovskite structure controls the dielectric properties.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Publication: | SCIENTIFIC REPORTS |
| Additional Information: | Copy right for this article belongs to the NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP, MACMILLAN BUILDING, 4 CRINAN ST, LONDON N1 9XW, ENGLAND |
| Department/Centre: | Division of Chemical Sciences > Solid State & Structural Chemistry Unit |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Oct 2016 06:24 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Oct 2016 06:24 |
| URI: | http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/54646 |
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