Universal phase diagram for high-piezoelectric perovskite systems

Citation
De. Cox et al., Universal phase diagram for high-piezoelectric perovskite systems, APPL PHYS L, 79(3), 2001, pp. 400-402
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
ISSN journal
00036951 → ACNP
Volume
79
Issue
3
Year of publication
2001
Pages
400 - 402
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6951(20010716)79:3<400:UPDFHP>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
Strong piezoelectricity in perovskite-type PbZn1-xTixO3 (PZT) and Pb(Zn1/3N b2/3)O-3-PbTiO3 (PZN-PT) systems is generally associated with the existence of a morphotropic phase boundary (MPB) separating regions with rhombohedra l and tetragonal symmetry. An x-ray study of PZN-9% PT has revealed the pre sence of an orthorhombic phase at the MPB, and a near-vertical boundary bet ween the rhombohedral and orthorhombic phases, similar to that found for PZ T between the rhombohedral and monoclinic phases. We discuss the results in the light of a recent theoretical paper by Vanderbilt and Cohen [Phys. Rev . B 63, 94108 (2001)], which attributes these low-symmetry phases to the hi gh anharmonicity in these oxide systems. (C) 2001 American Institute of Phy sics.