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December 1, 1987Ferroelectrics

Relaxor ferroelectrics

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LCL. E. CrossUniversity of Geneva

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Literature review demonstrates compositional heterogeneity and dynamic polar microregions in relaxor ferroelectrics, highlighting discrepancies between local and global crystal symmetries.

Key Points

  • Synthesize macroscopic experimental evidence across electrical, mechanical, thermal, and optical domains to validate the compositional heterogeneity model of relaxor ferroelectrics.
  • Reviewed macroscopic electrical, mechanical, thermal, and optical characterization studies across relaxor systems, including lead scandium tantate, lead magnesium niobate, and barium strontium niobate.
  • Analyzed electrostrictive spontaneous strain, quadratic electro-optic responses, field-induced electrostriction, and aging measurements across varying temperatures.
  • Large root-mean-square polarization values persist across a wide temperature window above the dielectric permittivity maximum due to intrinsic chemical heterogeneity.
  • Field-induced electrostriction confirms that polar microregions existing above the permittivity maximum exist in dynamic disorder rather than forming macroscopic static domains.
  • Aging behavior and poling dynamics confirm that local and global crystal symmetries differ significantly within heterogeneous relaxor compositions.

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L. E. Cross (1987) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69dea37c210a0977fce94fd6https://doi.org/10.1080/00150198708016945
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