Dendritic domain configurations in Pb(Zn1/3Nb2/3)O3-PbTiO3 single crystals

Hanxing Yu; Clive A. Randall

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Dendritic domain configurations in Pb(Zn_1/3Nb_2/3)O₃-PbTiO₃ single crystals

Hanxing Yu, Clive A. Randall

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Domain structures arising as a result of pulsed electric fields are investigated in Pb(Zn_1/3Nb_2/3)O₃-PbTiO₃ (PZN-PT) 〈001〉 single crystals by means of etching and environmental scanning electron microscope. It is shown that randomly orientated dendritic domain patterns were created under a pulsed electric field condition. The dendritic patterns are believed to be the result of local electric field and elastic deformation. Dendritic structures are also found during a back-switching process in 0.92PZN-0.08PT [001] single crystals. It is hypothesized that these unusual nonequilibrium domain structures are the result of local defects and space charge in the relaxor PZN-PT crystals.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	5733-5738
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of Applied Physics
Volume	86
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.371586
State	Published - Nov 15 1999

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