Single crystals of ferroelectric lithium niobate–tantalate LiNb1–xTaxO3 solid solutions for high‐temperature sensor and actuator applications

• Published in: Acta crystallographica. Section B, Structural science Vol. 76; no. 6; pp. 1071 - 1076
• Main Authors: Roshchupkin, Dmitry, Emelin, Evgenii, Plotitcyna, Olga, Rashid, Fahrtdinov, Irzhak, Dmitry, Karandashev, Vasilii, Orlova, Tatiana, Targonskaya, Natalya, Sakharov, Sergey, Mololkin, Anatolii, Redkin, Boris, Fritze, Holger, Suhak, Yuri, Kovalev, Dmitry, Vadilonga, Simone, Ortega, Luc, Leitenberger, Wolfram
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Malden Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.12.2020
• Subjects: Acoustic microscopy; Actuators; Atomic properties; Calorimetry; Composition; Crystal growth; Crystals; Curie temperature; Czochralski method; Differential scanning calorimetry; Ferroelectric materials; Ferroelectricity; Inductively coupled plasma; Lithium; Lithium niobates; Mass spectrometry; Phase diagrams; Single crystals; Solid phases; Solid solutions; Surface acoustic waves; Tantalum; Temperature sensors; Unit cell; Wave diffraction; X-ray diffraction

Ferroelectric LiNb1–xTaxO3 solid solutions with various Nb/Ta ratio were grown from the melt by the Czochralski method. The exact composition of the grown crystals was determined by inductively coupled plasma atomic mass spectrometry. The dependence of the crystal composition on the composition of t...