The growth status of relaxor-based ferroelectric crystals and their development trends

Our progress in the growth of ternary system Pb(In1/2Nb1/2)O3–Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3–PbTiO3 (PIMNT) crystals and reviews on the possible developing trends in the piezoelectric crystals are presented. Large PIMNT crystals with 3 inches in diameter have been grown by using a modified Bridgman method. Meanwh...

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Published inJournal of advanced dielectrics Vol. 4; no. 1; pp. 1450002 - 1-1450002-7
Main Authors Xu, Guisheng, Yang, Danfeng, Liu, Jinfeng, Liu, Ying, Chen, Xiaxia
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Singapore World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte., Ltd 01.01.2014
World Scientific Publishing
Subjects
Bridgman method
Bridgman technique
Coercive force
Coercivity
Constants
Crystal growth
Crystals
Curie temperature
Ferroelectric crystals
Ferroelectric materials
Ferroelectricity
Lead titanates
Phase transformations
Phase transitions
Piezoelectric crystals
piezoelectric properties
Piezoelectricity
PIMNT crystals
Q factors
relaxor-based ferroelectric single crystals
Relaxors
Ternary systems
Transition temperature
Trends
Bridgman technique
piezoelectric properties
PIMNT crystals
relaxor-based ferroelectric single crystals
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Summary:Our progress in the growth of ternary system Pb(In1/2Nb1/2)O3–Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3–PbTiO3 (PIMNT) crystals and reviews on the possible developing trends in the piezoelectric crystals are presented. Large PIMNT crystals with 3 inches in diameter have been grown by using a modified Bridgman method. Meanwhile, Mn-doped PIMNT crystals have also been obtained. PIMNT crystals exhibit Curie temperature Tc ~ 190°C, rhombohedral–tetragonal phase transition temperature Trt > 100°C and coercive field Ec ~ 5.0–7.0 kV/cm on (001) cuts. Meanwhile, higher piezoelectric constant d32 ~ -1500–2200 pC/N, d15 ~ 4000–6000 pC/N and coercive field Ec ~ 7.0–9.0 kV/cm have been achieved on (110) cuts. The development trends of relaxor-based ferroelectric crystals are suggested to grow novel crystals with high rhombohedral–tetragonal phase transition temperature Trt > 150 ~ 160°C and/or high coercive field Ec and mechanical quality factor Qm, to promote growth efficiency of PIMNT crystals and to create new growth methods fitting for the growth of metastable or instable crystals.
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ISSN:2010-135X
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DOI:10.1142/S2010135X14500027