Energetics of domain engineered rhombohedral ferroelectric single crystals

Peng Lv; Christopher S. Lynch

doi:10.1117/12.2263245

11 April 2017 Energetics of domain engineered rhombohedral ferroelectric single crystals

Peng Lv, Christopher S. Lynch

Proceedings Volume 10165, Behavior and Mechanics of Multifunctional Materials and Composites 2017; 101650B (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2263245
Event: SPIE Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, 2017, Portland, Oregon, United States

Abstract

Domain engineered rhombohedral relaxor ferroelectric single crystals of PIN-PMN-PT have stable domain structures that increase the piezoelectric constants and reduce dielectric loss, yet modeling the energetics of the domain formation and evolution has proven challenging. In this work a 10th order Landau-Devonshire energy function has been developed that reproduces the dielectric, piezoelectric and ferroelectric properties of PIN-PMN-PT with a composition in the rhombohedral phase near MPB. The coercive field was used to set the saddle points in the energy function governing homogeneous polarization switching. The energy function was implemented in a phase field model to simulate domain wall formation and domain evolution under applied field. The domain wall motion reduces the coercive field in the heterogeneous switching case compared to the homogeneous switching case.

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Peng Lv and Christopher S. Lynch "Energetics of domain engineered rhombohedral ferroelectric single crystals", Proc. SPIE 10165, Behavior and Mechanics of Multifunctional Materials and Composites 2017, 101650B (11 April 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2263245

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