Time-resolved and orientation-dependent electric-field-induced strains in lead zirconate titanate ceramics

Jacob L. Jones*, Abhijit Pramanick, Juan C. Nino, S. Maziar Motahari, Ersan Üstündag, Mark R. Daymond, Edward C. Oliver

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Abstract

Electric-field-induced lattice strains in a tetragonal ferroelectric lead zirconate titanate bulk ceramic are characterized under application of subcoercive cyclic electric fields using neutron diffraction and a stroboscopic data collection technique. At a driving electric field equal to half of the coercive field, the field-induced lattice strains are found to be a function of orientation with the greatest electric-field-induced strain coefficient of 680 pmV in crystal orientations such that the 211 pole is parallel to the electric field. A time dependence of the 111 strain was also observed. Suggestions as to the nature of these dependences are discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Article number172909
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume90
Issue number17
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2007
Externally publishedYes

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