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Dense nanocrystalline BaTiO3 ceramics with the average grain size of 20nm obtained by spark plasma sintering were investigated. The dielectric data show a ferroelectric to paraelectric phase transition with a maximum permittivity of ≈930 at 115°C and at 1kHz. The polarization-reversal characteristics and the local ferroelectric switching behavior were measured; the typical piezoelectric hysteresis loops were recorded. The present results provide experimental evidence, indicating that if a critical grain size exists for ferroelectricity it is less than 20nm for polycrystalline BaTiO3 ceramics.
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